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Ship of the Dead (1959)
Directed by Georg Tressler
Overview
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
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Horst Buchholz | Mario Adorf | Helmut Schmid | Alf Marholm | Werner Buttler | Elke Sommer | Karl Lieffen | Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann | Alfred Balthoff | Albert Bessler | Günter Meisner | Panos Papadopulos | Claudia Gerstäcker | Edgar O. Faiss | Dieter von Keil | Marielouise Nagel