Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (376 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 passengers refused… More

PG, 2 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
Stuart Rosenberg
Written By
David Butler
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Dec 22, 1976 Wide
On DVD
Jan 4, 2000

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Based on a shameful true incident that's still not forgotten.

  • 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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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Tragic, shameful story of doomed real life trip of almost a thousand Jews refused entry first into Cuba and then many other countries just before the outbreak of WWII. Episodic in nature but with very fine performances especially by Lee Grant and von Sydow.

  • Naughtia N


    A tragic story from WWII where a group German Jews were allowed to sail to Cuba away from all the worries of the Nazi regime in Germany. To their horror the passengers are not allowed to get off the ship once they arrive in Cuban territory, so they are set to return to Europe where… More

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