Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen
Also known as Le navire des hommes perdus in France; To ploion ton hamenon anthropon in Greece; La nave degli uomini perduti in Italy; The Ship of Lost Men in the USA; La nave de los perditos in Venezuela : [Grischa the Cook]
(1929) Germany
B&W : [?] Eight? reels / 2497 metres
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Marlene Dietrich [Ethel Marley], Fritz Kortner [Captain Fernando Vela], Robin Irvine [William ‘T.W.’ Cheyne], Wladimir Sokoloff (Vladimir Sokoloff [Grischa, the cook], Gaston Modot [Morain, the escaped convict], Boris de Fast [the tattooed sailor], F. Schaljapin (Feodor Chaliapin Jr.) [Nick], Max Maximilian [Tom Butley], Fritz Alberti [the luxuery liner captain], Robert Garrison [the landlord], Heinrich Gotho [a sailor], Harry Grunwald, Emil Heyse, Fred Immler, Alfred Loretto, Gerhard Ritterband, Aruth Wartan, Heinz Wemper, Christiane Virideau (Christiane Tourneur)
Produced by Max Glass. Art direction by Franz Schroedter + [Fritz Maurischat]. Production management by Rudolf Strobl. Assistant director, Jacques Tourneur. Cinematography by Nikolas Farkas (Nicolas Farkas). / Released 17 September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot April-June 1929. The film was released in Finland on 9 December 1929. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (AFI/Paul Killiam collection) [USA release version].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 4 December 2024.
References: Everson-American p. 69 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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