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Ship of the Dead (1959)

Ship of the Dead (1959)

Drama Adventure
Release Date: 1959, October 1
Directors: Georg Tressler
Countries: Germany, Mexico
Production: UFA, Producciones José Kohn
Cast: Horst Buchholz, Günter Meisner, Mario Adorf, Panos Papadopulos, Elke Sommer, Karl Lieffen, Alf Marholm, Albert Bessler, Helmut Schmid, Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann, Alfred Balthoff, Werner Buttler

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

Keywords:

cargo ship sailor