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Ship of the Dead (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 98 mins · German
- Directed by
- Georg Tressler
- Starring
- Panos Papadopulos, Mario Adorf, Horst Buchholz, Karl Lieffen, Elke Sommer, Günter Meisner
Philip Gale, an American sailor, joins the tramp cargo ship Yorikke after being recruited by Polish stoker Lawski. He and Lawski bond with a rag‑tag crew, but soon realize the vessel is barely seaworthy—a floating coffin where labor borders on slavery and officers are cynical. Their worst shock comes when a tin of plum butter from the cargo reveals a terrifying secret.
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