Ship of the Dead
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- Runtime
- 98 mins
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
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
Cast
- 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
Director
- Georg Tressler
Producers
- Georg Tressler
Screenwriter
- Hans Jacoby
- Werner Jörg Lüddecke