Das Totenschiff (1959)

Adventure Drama

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous

Updated May 28 2020

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Runtime: 98 mins Rating: 6.5

Cast

Günter Meisner

Paul

Horst Buchholz

Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman

Karl Lieffen

belgischer Kripobeamter

Mario Adorf

Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper

Panos Papadopulos

Popoff

Elke Sommer

Mylène Loureau

Alf Marholm

Kapitän der Yorikke

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

belgischer Polizist