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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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Sowing the Wind (1929)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.