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Das Totenschiff (film)

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The Death Ship
Directed byGeorg Tressler
Based onThe Death Ship
by B. Traven
Produced byJosé Kohn
Georg Tressler
Dietrich von Theobald
Starring
CinematographyHeinz Pehlke
Edited byIlse Voigt
Music byRoland Kovac
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 1 October 1959 (1959-10-01)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Death Ship (German: Das Totenschiff) 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.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Plot

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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.[2]

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