THE SHIP OF LOST SOULS(1929) Fritz Kortner, Marlene Dietrich & Robin Irvine |Drama|B&W|Timeless Film

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The Ship of Lost Souls or The Ship of Lost Men (German: Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen) is a 1929 German silent thriller film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Fritz Kortner, Marlene Dietrich and Robin Irvine.

It was Dietrich's last silent film before The Blue Angel made her an international star. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, and partly on location around Rostock. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Fritz Maurischat. It premièred on 17 September 1929 at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin.

Synopsis

Vela, cynical captain of a slow, decrepit sailing ship, sells passage out of Germany to fugitives. His crew are no angels either. Cheyne, a young American doctor visiting the ship, is shanghaied on a 3-month voyage to Brazil when Vela abruptly embarks. In mid-ocean, Cheyne rescues the survivor of a watery plane crash, lovely American heiress Ethel Marley; he and the ship's cook keep her hidden from captain and crew. But a brutal incident leads to mutiny and murder, putting the two Americans in great danger...building to a cliffhanger climax.

Cast & Crew

Fritz Kortner as Kapitän Vela - Captain Fernando Vela
Marlene Dietrich as Ethel Marley
Robin Irvine as William 'T.W.' Cheyne - a Young American Doctor
Vladimir Sokoloff as Grischa - der Koch - the Cook
Gaston Modot as Der Sträfling Morains - Morain - the Escaped Convict
Boris de Fast as Der tätowierte - The Tattooed Sailor
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Nick
Max Maximilian as Tom Butley
Fritz Alberti as Der Kapitän - The Captain of the Luxury Liner L'Amorique
Robert Garrison as Der Vermieter - The Landlord
Heinrich Gotho as Ein Matrose - A Sailor
Harry Grunwald an Ein Matrose - A Sailor
Emil Heyse
Fred Immler
Alfred Loretto as Ein Matrose - A Sailor
Gerhard Ritterband
Aruth Wartan
Heinz Wemper
Christiane Tourneur

Directed by: Maurice Tourneur
Written by: Franzos Keremen (novel), Maurice Tourneur
Produced by: Max Glass
Starring: Fritz Kortner, Marlene Dietrich, Robin Irvine
Cinematography: Nicolas Farkas
Production company: Max Glass Film
Distributed by: Messtro-Film
Release date: 17 September 1929
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: Germany
Languages: Silent, German intertitles