Voyage of the Damned (1976)
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86% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(403 ratings)
Often described as "Ship of Fools with a conscience," Voyage of the Damned is based on a true story. In 1939, the Nazis ostentatiously loaded a luxury liner with hundred of Jewish refugees from all walks of life. The ship then tried to drop anchor in Havana, Cuba-only to have its… More Often described as "Ship of Fools with a conscience," Voyage of the Damned is based on a true story. In 1939, the Nazis ostentatiously loaded a luxury liner with hundred of Jewish refugees from all walks of life. The ship then tried to drop anchor in Havana, Cuba-only to have its passengers refused entry by the Cuban government, in keeping with its super-stringent immigration policies. This was exactly what the Nazis expected to happen, and indeed wanted to happen. By having the refugees turned away from Havana, the German government could "prove" that the Jews were indeed the most unwanted race on earth, thereby justifying Hitler's extermination policy. The crosssection of humanity on board the ship includes the requisite big-time stars: Faye Dunaway as a monocle-sporting countess and Oscar Werner as Dunaway's society-doctor husband; professor Luther Adler and his wife Wendy Hiller; poverty-stricken Nehemiah Persoff and Maria Schell, who hope to be reunited with their "fallen" daughter Katherine Ross; disbarred attorney Sam Wanamaker and his family (wife Lee Grant, daughter Lynne Frederick); anti-Nazi captain Max Von Sydow; and so on. Representing the Cuban government are president Fernando Rey and bureaucrat Jose Ferrer; other Havana denizens include businessman Orson Welles and minister James Mason. Despite its morbid overtones, Voyage of the Damned ends on a faintly positive note. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Written By
- David Butler
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 22, 1976 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 4, 2000
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Based on a shameful true incident that's still not forgotten.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Too bad that Voyage of the Damned is done as an all-star, cheap melodrama, fictionlaizing a riveting WWII-Holocaust story
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Cast
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Faye Dunaway
as Denise Kreisler
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Max von Sydow
as Capt. Gustav Schroeder
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Oskar Werner
as Dr. Egon Kreisler
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Malcolm McDowell
as Max Gunther
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Orson Welles
as Estedes
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James Mason
as Remos
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Ben Gazzara
as Morris Troper
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Katharine Ross
as Mira Hauser
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Luther Adler
as Prof. Weiler
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Paul Koslo
as Aaron Pozner
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Michael Constantine
as Clasing
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Nehemiah Persoff
as Mr. Hauser
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José Ferrer
as Benitez
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Fernando Rey
as Cuban President
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Lynne Frederick
as Anna Rosen
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Helmut Griem
as Otto Schiendick
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Julie Harris
as Alice Feinchild
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Janet Suzman
as Leni Strauss
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Wendy Hiller
as Rebecca Weiler
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Keith Barron
as Purser Mueller
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David Daker
as First Officer
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Constantin de Goguel
as Navigation Officer
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David de Keyser
as Joseph Joseph
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Carl Duering
as German Ambassador
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Denholm Elliott
as Admiral Canaris
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Georgina Hale
as Lottie Schulman
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Bernard Hepton
as Milton Goldsmith
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Anthony Higgins
as Seaman Berg
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Donald Houston
as Dr. Hans Glauner
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Frederick Jaeger
as Werner Mannheim
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Tom Laughlin
as Engineering Officer
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Günter Meisner
as Robert Hoffman
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Jonathan Pryce
as Joseph Manasse
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Leonard Rossiter
as Commander Udo von Bonin
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Maria Schell
as Mrs. Hauser
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Milo Sperber
as Rabbi
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Victor Spinetti
as Dr. Erich Strauss
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Philip Stone
as Secretary
- Jack Warden
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Brian Gilbert
as Laurence Schulman
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Lee Grant
as Lili Rosen
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Sam Wanamaker
as Carl Rosen
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Marika Rivera
as Madame in Bordello
