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Overview

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Director:

Stanley Kramer

Writers:

Katherine Anne Porter (novel)
Abby Mann (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

October 1965 (Austria) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War more

Tagline:

EXPLORER, MISTRESS, VAGRANT, LOAFER, ARTIST, TRAMP ... THEY ARE ALL AT THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE!

Plot:

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 13 nominations more

User Comments:

They say it's 1933 but it looks like 1965! more (42 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vivien Leigh ... Mary Treadwell

Simone Signoret ... La Condesa
José Ferrer ... Rieber (as Jose Ferrer)

Lee Marvin ... Tenny
Oskar Werner ... Dr. Schumann
Elizabeth Ashley ... Jenny

George Segal ... David
José Greco ... Pepe (as Jose Greco)
Michael Dunn ... Glocken
Charles Korvin ... Capt. Thiele
Heinz Rühmann ... Lowenthal (as Heinz Ruehmann)

Lilia Skala ... Frau Hutten

Barbara Luna ... Amparo
Alf Kjellin ... Freytag
Christiane Schmidtmer ... Lizzi
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Additional Details

Runtime:

149 min

Country:

USA

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12 (2007) | UK:A (1965) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Spain:7


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Vivien Leigh's last film. more

Goofs:

Continuity: As the passengers disembark at the end, Johann pauses on the steps to watch Amparo walk by, when Tenny appears walking down the steps behind Johann. Immediately the film cuts to a shot of the gangplank above, where Tenny is seen just leaving the ship. more

Quotes:

Jenny Brown: I think that David thinks a woman should follow three paces behind with slippers.
Mary Treadwell: Men usually do.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nanny: Ship of Fran's (#3.26)" (1996) more

Soundtrack:

Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann more


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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
They say it's 1933 but it looks like 1965!, 28 December 1998
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Author: Patrick Sullivan (sullivpj@sce.com) from Los Angeles, California

The story takes place in 1933, but the film looks like the year it was made, 1965. This always drives me nuts! All the women have 1960's bouffant hairdos! It ridiculous. But despite this major flaw, the performances are great. Sadly, this is Vivien Leigh's last film. She died two years later in 1967. She was 54.

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