- A lifeboats rope breaks and its occupants are thrown out.
- The concept of a ship sinking with lots of innocent people dying, combined with the circumstances of the films setting, is very upsetting in itself.
- Rows of body bags are seen, some of them being children.
- The ship is very crowded. Passengers crowd, trip, scream, and get stepped on. May be claustrophobic for some viewers.
- The sinking scene is chaotic and dramatic. May be intense for some viewers.
- Many dead bodies are shown bobbing in the water, including children.
- It is implied that many people drown.
- We see the second torpedo hit the Gustloff's swimming pool where the female naval auxiliaries are being held, causing an explosion which floods and destroys it quickly. It is implied that they are all killed in a somewhat grusome fashion. Some might find the scene frightening or intense.
- We see the body of a child who froze to death. The body is not gory, but the child's skin soon becomes pale, and it has been mentioned that the family had kept the child's body for days.
- A woman cries and mourns the body of another woman who died.
- A woman gets separated from her child.
- A woman mourns her 2 dead children, who are wrapped up in small body bags. The woman is clearly the same one who had her baby taken away, which implies that the baby died.
- A woman dies after giving birth.
- In one scene, see many people trapped inside the ship as it sinks to the bottom of the sea. It is implied that they drown. The scene is very nerve-racking and claustrophobic.
- We see fighter planes open fire on a tugboat full of civilians. We don't see any casualties ensue, but the scene is intense nonetheless.