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Das Totenschiff (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Death Ship' 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.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053369/locations 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 adventures around the globe, including being forced to work on a decrepit ship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207020930/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/373042 Das TOTENSCHIFF (1959)], British Film Institute
Cast
* Horst Buchholz as Amerikanischer Seeman
* Mario Adorf as Lawski - Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
* Elke Sommer as Mylene - ein Franzsisches Mdchen
* Helmut Schmid as Martin - Heizer auf der Yorikke
* Alf Marholm as Kapitn 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
* Gnter 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 Gerstcker as Shaba
References
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