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Original title

Das Totenschiff

Year

1959

Running time

97 min.

Country

Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Director

Georg Tressler

Screenwriter

Hans Jacoby, Werner Jörg Lüddecke. Novel: Bruno Traven

Cast

Music

Roland Kovac

Cinematography

Heinz Pehlke (B&W)

Producer

Co-production Germany - West Germany (FRG)-Mexico;

U.F.A, Producciones José Kohn

Genre

Adventure. Drama | Sea Adventures

Synopsis

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...

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Ship of the Dead

1959

Georg Tressler