Ship of Fools (1965)

Directed by

Stanley Kramer

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1933, passengers on an ocean liner from Mexico to Germany interact and reveal their prejudices, hopes, and fears. The film follows a group of travelers including a doctor, a countess, and a dwarf as they journey toward a changing Europe.

ensemble dramamelancholicslow-pacedreflectivesomberatmosphericcharacter-drivensomberhistorical

What happens

Ship of Fools is a 1965 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer, set on board an ocean liner bound for Germany from Mexico in 1933. It stars a prominent ensemble cast of 11 stars — Vivien Leigh (in her final film role), Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, Jose Greco, Michael Dunn, Charles Korvin, and Heinz Rühmann. Ship of Fools, which was based on Katherine Anne Porter's 1962 novel of the same name, was highly regarded, with reviewers praising the cast's performance but also noting, at 150 minutes, the movie's overlong (for 1965) runtime. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1966, including for Best Picture, Best Actor for Oskar Werner, Best Actress for Simone Signoret, and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Dunn. It won for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. The title is also a reference to the popular allegory and the medieval satire of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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