Ship of Fools 1965

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 149 min

genre: drama

theme: psychological drama

director: Stanley Kramer

Score: 5 / 10

Ship of Fools is a 1965 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer, set on board an ocean liner bound for Germany from Mexico in 1933. It stars a prominent ensemble cast of 11 stars — Vivien Leigh (in her final film role), Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, Jose Greco, Michael Dunn, Charles Korvin and Heinz Ruehmann. It also marked Christiane Schmidtmer's first U.S. production.

Plot

The action of the film takes place almost entirely on board a passenger ship in 1933, between Veracruz Mexico and Bremerhaven, Germany. Most of the scenes unfold on the First Class deck or among the upper middle-class passengers, but the ship is carrying 600 displaced workers, far more than the ship is certified to carry and they're assigned to squalid conditions in steerage. They are all being deported back to Spain by the order of the Cuban dictator, Gerardo Machado. Many passengers bound for Nazi Germany are happy, some are apprehensive, while others downplay the significance of fascist politics.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Abby Mann Katherine Anne Porter
award	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Atlantic Ocean
director	Stanley Kramer
editor	Robert C. Jones
events	antisemitism fascism seamanship
genre	drama
keywords	back to spain baseball player bremerhaven civil guard drink dwarf dwarfism first class flamenco force gerardo machado germany has been good for the jews and the jews have been good for germany heart condition history of the jews in germany human being kill all of us lost youth married nazi germany nothing open passenger ship shoah spanish immigration to cuba speaks directly to camera special interest steerage tenerife than the think veracruz
musicBy	Ernest Gold
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
producer	Stanley Kramer
productionCompany	Stanley Kramer Productions
publisher	Columbia Pictures Corporation
theme	psychological drama