Ship of the Dead
Year: 1959
Runtime: 98 mins
Language: German
Director: Georg Tressler
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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