Main title from Ship of Fools (1965) (17)

Ship of Fools

(1965)

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| Film | USA | B&W | Drama, Romance, War | 2h 29min |
A
| Stars: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer | Director: Stanley Kramer

In 1933, a German liner leaves Vera Cruz for Bremerhaven with a mixed bag of passengers

EXPLORER, MISTRESS, VAGRANT, LOAFER, ARTIST, TRAMP… THEY ARE ALL AT THE CAPTAIN’S TABLE!

Cast

(25)
Distinguished British leading lady, Vivien Leigh
Mary Treadwell
Simone Signoret
La Condesa
José Ferrer
Siegfried Rieber
Lee Marvin
Tenny
Oskar Werner
Dr Schumann
Elizabeth Ashley
Jenny
George Segal
David
José Greco
Pepe
Michael Dunn
Glocken
Charles Korvin
Capt Thiele
Heinz Rühmann
Lowenthal
Lilia Skala
Frau Hutten
BarBara Luna
Amparo
Christiane Schmidtmer
Lizzi
Alf Kjellin
Freytag
Werner Klemperer
Lt Huebner
John Wengraf
Graf
Olga Fabian
Frau Schmitt
Gila Golan
Elsa
Oscar Beregi Jr
Lutz
Stanley Adams
Hutten
Kaaren Verne
Frau Lutz
Charles De Vries
Johann
Lydia Torea
Pastora
Henry Calvin
Fat Man
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Reviews

(1)

Ambitious, serious, quite fascinating slice-of-life shipboard multi-melodrama. Capable mounting, memorable performances and a bravura finale erase memories of padding and symbolic pretensions. (Halliwell’s)

Pictures

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Main title from Ship of Fools (1965) (17)

Production

(3)
Stanley Kramer
Director / Producer
Katherine Anne Porter
Writer (novel)
Abby Mann
Writer (screenplay)

Companies

(2)
Stanley Kramer Productions
Production company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distribution company