The Death Ship (1959 film)

The Death Ship
The Death Ship
Directed by	Georg Tressler
Based on	The Death Ship; by B. Traven
Produced by	José Kohn ; Georg Tressler ;
Starring	Horst Buchholz; Mario Adorf; Helmut Schmid; Elke Sommer;
Cinematography	Heinz Pehlke
Edited by	Ilse Voigt
Music by
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	1 October 1959;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Death Ship (German: Das Totenschiff) is a 1959 West German adventure film directed by Georg Tressler and starring Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid, and Elke Sommer. The film is based on the book of the same name by B. Traven, author of The Treasure of Sierra Madre, and was filmed on location in Spain.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Plot[]

A group of outcast men drift around the world, never settling down or being accepted. They encounter various adventures around the globe, including being forced to work on a decrepit ship.^[2]

Cast[]

Horst Buchholz as Amerikanischer Seeman
Mario Adorf as Lawski - Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
Elke Sommer as Mylene - ein Französisches Mädchen
Helmut Schmid as Martin - Heizer auf der Yorikke
Alf Marholm as Kapitän der Yorikke
as Dils - 1. Ingenieu
as Statter - 1. Offizier
Panos Papadopulos as Popoff - Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter
as Bootsmann auf der Yorikke
Günter Meisner as Paul - Trimmer auf der Yorikke
Alfred Balthoff as Ballard
Albert Bessler as US-Konsul
Karl Lieffen as Belgischer Kripobeamter
as Blonde Prostituierte
as Shaba

References[]

^ Filming Locations, imdb.com
^ Das TOTENSCHIFF (1959), British Film Institute

External links[]

Ship of the Dead (1959) at IMDb

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[1] Filming Locations, imdb.com

[2] Das TOTENSCHIFF (1959), British Film Institute

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