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Ship of the Dead (1959) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 1, 1959

Original Title:
Das Totenschiff

Alternate Titles:
A halálhajó
Helvetti merellä
Le Vaisseau de la mort
Les mutins du Yorik
O Navio da Morte
SOS York
The Naked and the Brave

Genres:
Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
Producciones José Kohn
UFA

Production Countries:
Germany | Mexico

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: U 

Runtime: 98

Overview from TheMovieDB

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

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Production

Assistant Director:
Eberhard Itzenplitz

Director:
Georg Tressler

Director of Photography:
Heinz Pehlke

Editor:
Ilse Voigt

Executive Producer:
Dietrich von Theobald

Makeup Artist:
Alois Woppmann

Novel:
B. Traven

Original Music Composer:
Roland Kovac

Producer:
Georg Tressler

Production Design:
Walter Kutz
Emil Hasler

Screenplay:
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Hans Jacoby

Sound Recordist:
Heinz Garbowski

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