Ship of Fools [1965 film] (1965)

by Stanley Kramer (Director), Katherine Anne Porter (Original book)

Other authors: Elizabeth Ashley (Actor), Michael Dunn (Actor), José Ferrer (Actor), Ernest Gold (Composer), José Greco (Actor) — 8 more, Werner Klempterer (Actor), Charles Korvin (Actor), Vivien Leigh (Actor), Lee Marvin, Christiane Schmidtmer (Actor), George Segal (Actor), Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner (Actor)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
29	5	821,616	(2.88)	None
In 1933 on a German luxury liner sailing from Mexico to Germany, the separate but interlocking stories of the various passengers begins to unfold. Among the many passengers is a divorcee desperate for love and lost youth, a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, an aging alcoholic ballplayer, and a budding Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come.… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

ikflibrarians, rodwms, Lyonbrairy, Vimfuegoo, capewood, nicoelston, Lachlanbilling

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

Italian (2) English (1) Norwegian (1) All languages (4)

2021 movie #137. 1965. Everybody has a story on this 2nd rate cruise ship to Germany. Nominated for 8 Oscars, including Best Picture. My favorite character was Glocken (Michael Dunn). We was nominated for supporting actor. Lee Marvin plays a washed up ballplayer who tells Glocken he was a bum because he couldn't hit an inside curve ball. Glocken says that he estimates that 837M people don't even know what that is so you're being too hard on yourself. Understand? Marvin thinks a moment and says "No" (

)

capewood | Aug 7, 2021 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Kramer, Stanley	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Porter, Katherine Anne	Original book	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ashley, Elizabeth	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dunn, Michael	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ferrer, José	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gold, Ernest	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greco, José	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Klempterer, Werner	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Korvin, Charles	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Leigh, Vivien	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marvin, Lee	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schmidtmer, Christiane	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Segal, George	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Signoret, Simone	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Werner, Oskar	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Is contained in

Stanley Kramer Film Collection: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner / Ship of Fools / The Member of the Wedding / The Wild One / The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T by Stanley Kramer

4 Movie Collection: Hollywood Hits: Bobby Deerfield / Baby, The Rain Must Fall / The Chase / Ship of Fools by Stanley Kramer

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

Academy Award (Winner – Best Cinematography – 1965)

Academy Award (Winner – Best Art Direction – 1965)

National Board of Review Award (Top Ten Films – 1965)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Ship of Fools [1965 film]

Original title

Alternative titles

La Nave dei Folli

Original publication date

1965

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Ship of Fools (1965 | IMDb)

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Based on the novel by Katherine Anne Porter.

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

791.4372

Canonical LCC

PN1997.S557

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

In 1933 on a German luxury liner sailing from Mexico to Germany, the separate but interlocking stories of the various passengers begins to unfold. Among the many passengers is a divorcee desperate for love and lost youth, a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, an aging alcoholic ballplayer, and a budding Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary