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... Written by Anonymous

• Georg TresslerDirector
• Werner Jörg LüddeckeScreenplay
• Hans JacobyScreenplay
• Roland KovacOriginal Music Composer

• Horst BuchholzPhilip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman
• Mario AdorfLawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
• Helmut SchmidMartin, Heizer auf der Yorikke
• Alf MarholmKapitän der Yorikke
• Werner ButtlerDils, 1. Ingenieu
• Elke SommerMylène Loureau
• Karl Lieffenbelgischer Kripobeamter
• Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmannbelgischer Polizist
• Alfred BalthoffHenri Ballard, Passfälscher
• Albert Bessleramerikan. Konsul in Rotterdam
• Günter MeisnerPaul
• Panos PapadopulosPopoff