Ship of the Dead

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

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 1959

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany, Mexico

Production

UFA,Producciones José Kohn

Cast

Horst Buchholz,Mario Adorf,Helmut Schmid,Alf Marholm,Werner Buttler,Elke Sommer,Karl Lieffen,Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann,Alfred Balthoff,Albert Besslerand 6 more

Director

Georg Tressler

Writer

B. Traven,Werner Jörg Lüddecke,Hans Jacoby

Producer

Dietrich von Theobald,Georg Tressler

Cinematography

Heinz Pehlke

Music

Roland Kovac

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0053369