The Death Ship (German: Das Totenschiff) 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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.
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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!
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