Ship of the Dead

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...

Direction

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Georg Tressler

Screenplay

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Hans Jacoby

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Werner Jörg Lüddecke

Bruno Traven