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Ship of Fools

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Original title

Ship of Fools

Year

1965

Running time

149 min.

Country

United States

Director

Stanley Kramer

Screenwriter

Abby Mann. Novel: Katherine Anne Porter

Cast

Music

Ernest Gold

Cinematography

Ernest Laszlo (B&W)

Producer

Stanley Kramer Productions. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Drama | Sea Adventures. 1930s

Synopsis

The story is about the voyage of a German ship as it leaves Mexico on its way to Bremerhaven, Germany, in 1931. The film highlights how the voyage is fraught with anti-semitism, unrequited love, xenophobia and dissatisfied lives... Based on a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter.

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Awards: 1965: 2 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography (B&W), Art Direction (B&W). 8 Nominations

1965: Golden Globes: 3 Nominations, including Best Film - Drama

1965: BAFTA Awards: 2 nominations including Best Foreign Actor (Werner)

1965: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Oskar Werner)

1965: National Board of Review: Top 10 Best Films and Actor (Marvin)

1965: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Drama Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"For the most part, despite several extremely fine performances from a large and mostly able cast, it is mainly superficial, pretentious, and obvious."

Arizona Republic
"Superb acting in an Abby Mann script that seldom descends into bathos."

TV Guide
"Director-producer Stanley Kramer and scenarist Abby Mann have distilled the essence of Katherine Anne Porter's bulky novel in a film that appeals to the intellect and the emotions."

Variety Staff: Variety
"A powerful, ironic film."

Bosley Crowther: The New York Times
"As glib as Stanley Kramer often is, there is probably nothing glibber in his entire output than this Abby Mann adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"Don't look now, but as you might expect with message-mad Kramer at the helm of this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel, there's a heavy allegory aboard."

Tom Milne: Time Out

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