The Death Ship () is a 1959 West German thriller drama 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.Filming Locations, imdb.com 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 misadventures around the globe, including being forced to work on a decrepit ship!Das TOTENSCHIFF (1959), British Film Institute
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 Werner Buttler as Dils - 1. Ingenieu Dieter von Keil as Statter - 1. Offizier Panos Papadopulos as Popoff - Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter Edgar O. Faiss 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 Marielouise Nagel as Blonde Prostituierte Claudia Gerstäcker as Shaba
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