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9 December 1929 (Finland) morePlot:
Vela, cynical captain of a slow, decrepit sailing ship, sells passage out of Germany to fugitives. His crew are no angels either... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Sea Wolf sans Nietzsche moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Marlene Dietrich | ... | Ethel Marley |
 | Fritz Kortner | ... | Capt. Fernando Vela |
| Robin Irvine | ... | William Cheyne |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Grischa the Cook (as Wladimir Sokoloff) |
| Gaston Modot | ... | Morain the convict |
| Boris de Fast | ... | Tattooed Man |
| Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | ... | Nick (as F. Schaljapin) |
| Max Maximilian | ... | Tom Butley |
| Fritz Alberti | ||
| Robert Garrison | ||
| Heinrich Gotho | ||
| Harry Grunwald | ||
| Emil Heyse | ||
| Fred Immler | ||
| Alfred Loretto |
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Grischa the Cook (International: English title)Le navire des hommes perdus (France)
The Ship of Lost Men (International: English title)
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Tourneur's last silent movie shows his full command of the silent film grammar -- much of which he invented -- in his beautiful compositions and still camera, punctuated for excellent effect by purposeful moving and process shots. He never uses the camera to make the viewer gasp at his brilliance, but only to punctuate a psychological point or improve the film's pace.
The story, from the novel by Franzos Keremen, is a commentary on Jack London's SEA WOLF. London's Wolf Larsen is a Nietzschean philosopher. The captain, in this movie, is a schemer among brutes -- a correction to London's drunken maunderings that might have served humanity better. It is the gentle cook, played by Vladimir Sokoloff that is the real hero of the story after the crew mutinies and kills the ship's master.
The movie also stars Marlene Dietrich, a few months before von Sternberg supposedly plucked her from obscurity. She looks a lot like Claudette Colbert in this movie and shows her command of film acting already. Very highly recommended.