Ship of the Dead
1959 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo...
Direction Georg Tressler
Cast Horst Buchholz · Mario Adorf · Helmut Schmid · Alf Marholm · Werner Buttler · Dieter von Keil · Panos Papadopulos · Edgar O. Faiss · Gunter Meisner · Alfred Balthoff · Albert Bessler · Karl Lieffen · Marielouise Nagel · Claudia Gerstäcker · Elke Sommer
Soundtrack Roland Kovac
Screenplay Hans Jacoby · Werner Jörg Lüddecke · Bruno Traven
Cinematography Heinz Pehlke
Original title Das Totenschiff
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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