
Ghosts of the Baltic Sea
An expedition to make peace with the past.
Three evacuation ships … three wartime tragedies … 20,000 lost lives.
For those who believe the sinking of the Titanic was the greatest maritime disaster in history … think again. GHOSTS OF THE BALTIC SEA documents how three German evacuation ships were torpedoed by Soviet submarines during the final stages of World War II, recounting the emotional stories of these ships through survivors of the disasters. Dr. Robert Ballard, the marine scientist who discovered the Titanic, joins the survivors on an expedition, using remote cameras to travel to the bottom of the cold, dark Baltic Sea to bring their chilling stories to light.
- Producer and Writer
- Jon Goodman
- Editors
- Rob Kuhns
- Dena Mermelstein
- Executive Producers
- Peter Schnall
- Barbara Earle Ballard
- Bob Ballard
- Peter Davidson
- Supervising Producer
- Hilary Sio
- Field Producer
- Erica Sashin
- Cornelia Schnall
- Lise Zumwalt
- Coordinating Producer
- Tina Ver
- Original Music by
- Richard Fiocca
- Narrator
- Alan Coates
- Associate Producer
- Frauke S. Levin
- Cinematographer
- Jerry Risius
- Assistant Camera
- Witold Ozimek
- Sound Recordist
- Glen Marullo
- Coordinator, Poland
- Glenn Reimer
- Online Editor
- Blerti Murataj
- Sound Mixer
- Patrick Donahue
- Photomag
- Animation Stand
- Ralph Pitre
- Crebive Group
- Special Thanks
- Ulrich Restemeyer & the crew of the Fritz Reuter
- Aqua-Nautic, Germany
- Modellbauwerft Descher, Germany
- Amateur Underwater Search
- Association, GDYNIA
- Janusz Walczak, PR Department, Polish Navy
- Ministry of Infrastructure Warsaw, Poland
- Ministry of National Defense, Poland
- Ocean Institute GDYNIA, Poland
- Ocean Institute SLUPSK, Poland
- Predworld, Russia
- Yuri & Natasha Bukmstab, Russia
- Abamedia
- Elisabeth M. Ver
- —For National Geographic Channel—
- Executive Producer
- Jennifer Apostol
- Executive Vice President of Content
- Sydney Suissa