Das Totenschiff - The Death Ship (1959 - Georg Tressler - in German)

Title: Das Totenschiff - Ship of the Dead Year: 1959 Director: Georg Tressler Writer: B. Traven, Hans Jacoby, Werner Jörg Lüddecke Actors: Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid | Runtime: 1 37mins Released: 1959 Plot: 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...