Summary After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... View more details
Directed : Georg Tressler
Written : Hans Jacoby Werner Jörg Lüddecke B. Traven
Stars : Mario Adorf Horst Buchholz Helmut Schmid Alf Marholm
Genres : Adventure Drama
Release date : Sep 30, 1959
Countries of origin : Mexico West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production companies : Universum Film (UFA) Producciones José Kohn
Summary After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama
Release date : Sep 30, 1959
Countries of origin : Mexico West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production companies : Universum Film (UFA) Producciones José Kohn
