Deadweight

Deadweight — Plot

Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton container vessel Brugge, which enters the port of Savannah/United States behind schedule. The loading of the ship commences in haste as the crew, led by the ambitious Romanian officer Katia, works by the piece so that they can sail in time. The Filipino seaman James has an accident during this semi- legal lashing procedure. Ahti has to face the consequences of his orders: In the port of Rotterdam/Netherlands unionized dockworkers exploit the incident and refuse to unload the ship. Standstill. The captain is caught between the frontlines. Ahti is keen to elucidate the accident, but the situation becomes more and more contradictory…

• Release date
• February 11, 2016
• Runtime
• 88 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Axel Koenzen

Deadweight — Cast

Tommi Korpela Ahti Ikonen Archie Alemania Chelito Sumulong Frank Lammers Eric van de Geijn Loes Luca Waitress

E

Ema Vetean Katia Martinescu

M

Manuelito Acido James Agpalo Teun Kuilboer Docker