Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Directed by

Stuart Rosenberg

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 35m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1939, a ship carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany tries to find safety in Cuba. The passengers face political obstacles and growing desperation as their fate hangs in the balance.

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What happens

Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, Lynne Frederick and Malcolm McDowell. The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner MS St. Louis carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the U.S. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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