The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)

Original title

Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen

Directed by

Maurice Tourneur

Genre

drama film, silent film, thriller film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

2h 01m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent thriller about sailors and outcasts aboard a ship adrift at sea. The story follows the crew and passengers as dark secrets and dangerous tensions emerge among them.

melancholictenseslow-burnbleakvisually starkatmosphericclaustrophobicsomber

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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