Directed by:
Stanley KramerScreenplay:
Abby MannCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Ernest GoldCast:
Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, José Greco, Michael Dunn, Charles Korvin, Heinz Rühmann (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
"It's a ship of fools," says the philosophical dwarf, Glocken (our narrator), of the Mexican vessel sailing to a pre-Hitler Germany. The fateful cruise follows the lives of its passengers including disciples of Naziism, wealthy Jewish men, sleazy dance troupes and bitter lovers along the 36-day-voyage. From the sad love affair between the ship's doctor, Wilhelm Schumann, and La Contessa, a doomed Spanish noblewoman, to the fading relationship of two young, American artists, the ship serves many characters. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Vivien Leigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337623_1fb311.jpg)
Vivien Leigh
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
![Simone Signoret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381939_9cc7fc.png)
Simone Signoret
German Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
![José Ferrer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361532_3c3653.jpg)
José Ferrer
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
![Lee Marvin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/262/163262252_b6f78f.jpg)
Lee Marvin
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
![Oskar Werner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271838_15ff3a.jpg)
Oskar Werner
Austria
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
![Elizabeth Ashley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325405_865b1e.jpg)
Elizabeth Ashley
USA
Best movies:
Happiness (1998)
Mallrats (1995)
Ship of Fools (1965)
![George Segal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324247_d37025.jpg)
George Segal
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
King Rat (1965)
José Greco
Italy
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
![Michael Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407122_06821d.gif)
Michael Dunn
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
The Last Roman (1968)
Fight for Rome II (1969)
![Charles Korvin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193963_8ba59b.jpg)
Charles Korvin
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Inside Out (1975)
![Heinz Rühmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/644/161644860_38c1b9.jpg)
Heinz Rühmann
German Empire
Best movies:
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Punch Bowl (1944)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
![Lilia Skala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319056_bcd1e3.jpg)
Lilia Skala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Charly (1968)
![BarBara Luna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948796_75c3ad.jpg)
BarBara Luna
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
![Alf Kjellin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/483/163483220_95662a.png)
Alf Kjellin
Sweden
Best movies:
Summer Interlude (1951)
Torment (1944)
Ship of Fools (1965)
![Gila Golan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247406_9b3ca7.jpg)
Gila Golan
Poland
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Our Man Flint (1966)
![Karel Hradilák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275631_efaf95.jpg)
Karel Hradilák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Border Street (1948)
Happy Journey (1943)
36 Hours (1965)
![Stanley Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000239_bb453e.jpg)
Stanley Adams
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
![Kaaren Verne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194074_e641ad.jpg)
Kaaren Verne
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Kings Row (1942)
Ship of Fools (1965)
![Henry Calvin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893458_88af59.jpg)
Henry Calvin
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
![Werner Klemperer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/446/159446339_7d7cfe.gif)
Werner Klemperer
German Empire
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Ship of Fools (1965)