Charles Korvin, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, Jose Greco, José Ferrer ...( see more  see more... ) , Lee Marvin , Michael Dunn (I) , Oskar Werner , Simone Signoret , Vivien Leigh

"It's a ship of fools," says the philosophical dwarf, Glocken (our narrator), of the Mexican vessel sailing to a pre-Hitler Germany. The fateful cruise follows the lives of its passengers including di...( read more  read more... )sciples of Naziism, wealthy Jewish men, sleazy dance troupes and bitter lovers along the 36-day-voyage. From the sad love affair between the ship's doctor, Wilhelm Schumann, and La Contessa, a doomed Spanish noblewoman, to the fading relationship of two young, American artists, the ship serves many characters.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 29 min.

Directed by: Stanley Kramer

Release Date: July 29, 1965

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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003

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  • December 14, 2008
    Very well chosen cast with great quality on the actors and actresses performances. Flick with some important ideas like the struggle against the prejudice between people (nazi stuff included). Other relevant social aspects are raised.
    Characters with very close to real mindsets t...( read more)hat capture almost any real personality.
    Glocken is a key-character not just for the narrator parts but also for his undestanding of life in general (and the interaction between almost all the important characters). The dog in this picture is priceless^^ (he is almost a character^^)
    This movie also contains very interesting love stories and a great ending.

    I don't give an extra star just for the lack of german language during the entire film (i think it wouldn't be a commercial success if it had german as the main language but that just my opinion because the universe where this is happening begs for german).
  • October 29, 2008
    leigh's screen swan song as the bitter southern socialite mary treadwell is not to be taken lightly against blanche and scarlett. it's a beautiful end to a great screen career.
  • October 13, 2008
    good stuff amazing cast
  • August 27, 2008
    nominated for best picture by NBR
  • April 21, 2008
    I think that Simone Signoret was wonderful in this film.
  • April 4, 2008
    Fabulous albeit dated film...story is wonderful
  • October 14, 2007
    Compelling, tragic character study. Superb acting by Signoret, Werner and Vivien Leigh.
  • August 29, 2007
    What can i say - superb, except i am a bit confused, on my dvd it stated the film was in colour (i was shocked and excited as i had thought it was in B/W), yet when i came to watch the film it was in b/w ~ tut!

    It was a bit sad, as this is the last Vivien Leigh i shall watch ...( read more)(since i have watched all of the available others).

    I have read the book, and enjoyed that significantly and the film just polished my view.

    Vivien Leigh was devastatingly good - i love her drunken scenes!

    The dwarf concluded the tale superbly!
  • February 25, 2007
    Very well written and well acted.
  • February 22, 2007
    Like most movies that weave multiple, unrelated stories, some of them don't work, but the ones that do work are simply magnificent. Vivien Leigh is devastating in her final film role; Michael Dunn is wonderful; Oscar Werner (in the film's most pogniant role) and Simone Signoret ...( read more)are as powerful a pair of tragic lovers as you'll find in a movie. This makes up for, as an example, Lee Marvin's story, which despite his effective ly non-Lee Marvin-ish performance, is simply dull.

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