Film

Ship of the Dead

1959 · 1h 38m · Adventure · Drama

IMDb

6.8

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... Written by Anonymous

Horst Buchholz

Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman

Mario Adorf

Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper

Helmut Schmid

Martin, Heizer auf der Yorikke

Alf Marholm

Kapitän der Yorikke

Werner Buttler

Dils, 1. Ingenieu

Elke Sommer

Mylène Loureau

Karl Lieffen

belgischer Kripobeamter

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

belgischer Polizist

Alfred Balthoff

Henri Ballard, Passfälscher

Albert Bessler

amerikan. Konsul in Rotterdam

Günter Meisner

Paul

Panos Papadopulos

Popoff

Claudia Gerstäcker

Edgar O. Faiss

Dieter von Keil

Statter, 1. Offizier

Marielouise Nagel

• Georg TresslerDirector · Producer
• Werner Jörg LüddeckeScreenplay
• Hans JacobyScreenplay
• B. TravenNovel
• Dietrich von TheobaldExecutive Producer
• Heinz PehlkeDirector of Photography
• Roland KovacOriginal Music Composer
• Ilse VoigtEditor

Release date

October 1, 1959

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

16

Genres

Adventure, Drama

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