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Ship of the Dead

95 min

Available until 30/03/2026

Philip Gale, a young American sailor, signs onto the Yorikke, a decrepit freighter crewed by outcasts. What begins as a quest for freedom becomes a brutal ordeal of hard labour, inhumane treatment, and grim revelations – especially when a disturbing secret is found in the ship’s cargo. A gritty seafaring tale that launched Horst Buchholz’s path to Hollywood.

With

  • Horst Buchholz

  • Mario Adorf

  • Helmut Schmid

  • Elke Sommer

  • Alf Marholm

  • Werner Buttler

  • Dieter von Keil

  • Panos Papadopulos

Director

Georg Tressler

Scenario

Hans Jacoby

Author

B. Traven

Production

  • UFA

  • Producciones José Kohn

Producer

Georg Tressler

Image

Heinz Pehlke

Editing

Ilse Voigt

Music

Roland Kovac

Country

  • Germany

  • Mexico

Year

1959

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