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Ship of the Dead

Original title: Das Totenschiff

★ 6.6 TMDB Rating · 35 votes

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

Director
Georg Tressler
Release date
Oct 1, 1959
Original language
German
Origin
Germany, Mexico

Cast of Ship of the Dead

  • Portrait of Horst Buchholz

    Horst Buchholz

    Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman

  • Portrait of Mario Adorf

    Mario Adorf

    Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper

  • Portrait of Helmut Schmid

    Helmut Schmid

    Martin, Heizer auf der Yorikke

  • Portrait of Alf Marholm

    Alf Marholm

    Kapitän der Yorikke

  • Werner Buttler

    Dils, 1. Ingenieu

  • Portrait of Elke Sommer

    Elke Sommer

    Mylène Loureau

  • Portrait of Karl Lieffen

    Karl Lieffen

    belgischer Kripobeamter

  • Portrait of Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

    Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

    belgischer Polizist

  • Portrait of Alfred Balthoff

    Alfred Balthoff

    Henri Ballard, Passfälscher

  • Albert Bessler

    amerikan. Konsul in Rotterdam

  • Portrait of Günter Meisner

    Günter Meisner

    Paul

  • Panos Papadopulos

    Popoff

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