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Das Totenschiff

Das Totenschiff

1959Movie⏱️ 1h 37m
AdventureDrama
6.8
IMDB Rating
480 votes

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...

Director
Georg Tressler
Writers
Hans Jacoby, Werner Jörg Lüddecke, Bruno Traven
Stars
Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid
Release Date
October 1, 1959
Language
German
Country
West Germany, Mexico
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🎭 Top Cast

Horst Buchholz
Horst Buchholz
as Philip Gale - Amerikanischer Seeman
Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf
as Lawski - Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
Helmut Schmid
Helmut Schmid
as Martin - Heizer auf der Yorikke
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Alf Marholm
as Kapitän der Yorikke
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Werner Buttler
as Dils - 1. Ingenieu
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Dieter von Keil
as Statter - 1. Offizier
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Panos Papadopulos
as Popoff - Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter
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Edgar O. Faiss
as Bootsmann auf der Yorikke
Günter Meisner
Günter Meisner
as Paul - Trimmer auf der Yorikke
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Alfred Balthoff
as Ballard

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production
Universum Film (UFA), Producciones José Kohn

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🎯 Categories

GermanAdventureDrama

⭐ Featured Review

The Ship of Death
by EdgarST2024-05-05
8/10

"I have never thoroughly studied the cinemas of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany, the two states into which the nation was divided at the end of World War II, occupied respectively by the United States and the Soviet Union. We could talk about cinemas of foreign occupation, which, as in Japan and other states, were restricted, without freedom of expression, equally affected by the Cold War. Despite my ignorance, it is not difficult to suppose that a film like «The Ship of Death» emerged in difficult times, a year after West Germany finally recognized the e..."

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📖 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...