Genres
Production Companies
Producciones José Kohn
Ship of the Dead (Das Totenschiff)
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
Key Crew
Director: Georg Tressler
Director of Photography: Heinz Pehlke
Screenplay: Werner Jörg Lüddecke, Hans Jacoby
Producer: Georg Tressler
Top Cast
Horst Buchholz
Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman
Mario Adorf
Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
Helmut Schmid
Martin, Heizer auf der Yorikke
Alf Marholm
Kapitän der Yorikke
Werner Buttler
Dils, 1. Ingenieu
Elke Sommer
Mylène Loureau
Karl Lieffen
belgischer Kripobeamter
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
belgischer Polizist
