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Overview

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7.2/10   1,620 votes
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Director:
Stanley Kramer
Writers:
Katherine Anne Porter (novel)
Abby Mann (screenplay)
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Release Date:
October 1965 (Austria) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
EXPLORER, MISTRESS, VAGRANT, LOAFER, ARTIST, TRAMP ... THEY ARE ALL AT THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE!
Plot:
Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 13 nominations more
User Comments:
Alltime favorite movie more (42 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vivien Leigh ... Mary Treadwell

Simone Signoret ... La Condesa
José Ferrer ... Rieber (as Jose Ferrer)

Lee Marvin ... Tenny
Oskar Werner ... Dr. Schumann
Elizabeth Ashley ... Jenny

George Segal ... David
José Greco ... Pepe (as Jose Greco)
Michael Dunn ... Glocken
Charles Korvin ... Capt. Thiele
Heinz Rühmann ... Lowenthal (as Heinz Ruehmann)

Lilia Skala ... Frau Hutten

Barbara Luna ... Amparo
Alf Kjellin ... Freytag
Christiane Schmidtmer ... Lizzi
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Additional Details

Runtime:
149 min
Country:
USA
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12 (2007) | UK:A (1965) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Spain:7

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Vivien Leigh's last film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: As the passengers disembark at the end, Johann pauses on the steps to watch Amparo walk by, when Tenny appears walking down the steps behind Johann. Immediately the film cuts to a shot of the gangplank above, where Tenny is seen just leaving the ship. more
Quotes:
Mary Treadwell: Everybody on this ship is in love. Love me whether or not I love you. Love me whether I am fit to love. Love me whether I am able to love. Even is there is no such thing as love. Love me. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Bob Newhart Show: Ship of Shrinks (#3.9)" (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Heute abend geh'n wir bummeln auf der reeperbahn more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Alltime favorite movie, 30 September 2006
10/10
Author: eddjf-1 from United States

Not one moment of this film is without meaning. While some of it is a bit too obvious, most is done with a light enough touch. The main reason I like this film is because of how closely it touches true human emotions. The relationship between Simone Signore and Oskar Werner is a masterpiece in subtlety and never follows a trite pattern. Just as Werner says it is the only thing that is real to him, it is so very real to us also. The other characters are not as well developed in my opinion, though they are still interesting. I fell in love with Oskar Werner in this film & every time I see it,it is fresh. I will have to find a copy of the book to see if the other characters are developed more there. I have seen other films that are moving & approached so very near to reality, but this is the only one that I feel is/was a slice of reality.

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