Ship of the Dead
Ship of the Dead

Ship of the Dead

Das Totenschiff

Release date : 1959-10-01

Production country :

Germany,

Mexico

Production company :

UFA,

Producciones José Kohn

Status : Released

Durasi : 98 Min.

Popularity : 3.119

6.5

Total Vote : 22

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