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Vivien Leigh and Simone Signoret headline a stellar cast in the acclaimed drama about German exileswho are not allowed to anchor at American ports. In the high class section are several well-to-do people, while below deck are a horde of sugar field workers returning to Spain after a season of work in Cuba. The ship is a hot bed .. Read more
| Starring | Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin |
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| Director | Stanley Kramer |
| Genres | Drama |
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Vivien Leigh and Simone Signoret headline a stellar cast in the acclaimed drama about German exileswho are not allowed to anchor at American ports. In the high class section are several well-to-do people, while below deck are a horde of sugar field workers returning to Spain after a season of work in Cuba. The ship is a hot bed of disillusionment, prejudice anddelusions of grandeur.
| Starring | Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin |
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| Director | Stanley Kramer |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1965 To Rent: DVD: 05 Feb 2007 |
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Never a dull word; pure passion and a brilliant script. Best film for 40 years.
This is a wonderful film: thoughtful, exquisitely paced, and full of the genuine drama that occurs when fine actors are left alone to work with a fine script. ... read more »
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Not a choppy ride
1933 and a boatload of different walks of society set sail from Mexico to Germany. This is basically soap at sea with various intertwining stories that slowly (... read more »
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ship of fools
Superbly acted but on the long side. Jose Ferrer's character as an aspiring nazi goes on a bit.
I had seen it some years ago and thought it ... read more »
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Really enjoyable!
I saw this film when I was very young and I never forgot it. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it again now that I'm much older. I especially enjoyed watching ... read more »
Legendary screenwriter Abby Mann, who penned the 1961 classic Judgement At Nuremberg, has died. Mann, who was also nominated for an Oscar for 1965's Ship of Fools, was a prolific television and film writer. He was also the creator of classic TV detective show Kojak, which starred Telly Savalas of Kelly's Heroes and The Dirty Dozen. Some of Mann's most recent work was writing episodes for the 2005 revival of the franchise, which starred Ving Rhames as the lollipop-loving gumshoe. But it is... Read more