Director-producer Stanley Kramer and scenarist Abby Mann have distilled the essence of Katherine Anne Porter's bulky novel in a film that appeals to the intellect and the emotions.
Ship of Fools (1965)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:2
Rotten:1
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Runtime: 2 hrs 29 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer and Lee Marvin all give mature and passionate performances in this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's 1962 novel recounting the voyage of a German ship... Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer and Lee Marvin all give mature and passionate performances in this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's 1962 novel recounting the voyage of a German ship as it leaves Mexico on its way to Bremerhaven, Germany, prior to World War II, in 1931. The film highlights how the voyage is fraught with anti-semitism, unrequited love, xenophobia and dissatisfied lives. [More]
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Heinz Ruehmann
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Heinz Ruehmann, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, George Segal, Elizabeth Ashley, Jose Greco, Heinz Ruhmann, Charles Korvin, Michael Dunn
Director: Stanley Kramer
Director: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
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Reviews for Ship of Fools
As glib as Stanley Kramer often is, there is probably nothing glibber in his entire output than this Abby Mann adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel.
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