Rent Ship of Fools (1965)
3.2 of 5 from 76 ratings
2h 23min
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- Synopsis:
- Based on the novel by Katherine Anne Porter 'Ship of Fools' is set in 1933 aboard a luxury liner bound from Mexico to Germany. Among the many passengers are Vivien Leigh as a divorce desperate for love and lost youth. Also starring are Simone Signoret as a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, Lee Marvin as an aging, alcoholic ballplayers, and Jose Ferrer as a budding Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come. Their separate but interlocking stories, beautifully observed by director Stanley Kramer, serve as a brilliant microcosm of a world on the verge of war.
- Actors:
- Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, José Greco, Michael Dunn, Charles Korvin, Heinz Rühmann, Lilia Skala, Barbara Luna, Christiane Schmidtmer, Alf Kjellin, Werner Klemperer, John Wengraf, Olga Fabian, Gila Golan, Oscar Beregi Jr.
- Directors:
- Stanley Kramer
- Producers:
- Stanley Kramer
- Writers:
- Katherine Anne Porter, Abby Mann
- Others:
- Bill Thomas, Jean Louis, Ernest Laszlo, Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Cinema Afloat: Part 2, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, A Brief History of Film...
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/02/2018
- Run Time:
- 150 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Nick Redman, Lem Dobbs and Julie Kirgo
- Introduction to the film by Karen Kramer (2007, 2 mins)
- On Board the Ship of Fools (2007, 28 mins): documentary featuring actors Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal and BarBara Luna, and editor Robert Jones
- Voyage on a Soundstage (2007, 11 mins): acclaimed cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs considers the work of Ernest Laszlo, winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Ship of Fools
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Image Gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- UK Blu-ray Premiere
