Voyage of the Damned (1976)

6.4PG155 minDirector: Stuart Rosenberg

1976 film

Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, Lynne Frederick and Malcolm McDowell.

The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner MS St. Louis carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the U.S.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Voyage of the Damned about?
Voyage of the Damned (1976) — In 1939, Germany's Hamburg-America Line announced a voyage from Germany to Cuba. 937 people, the vast majority being Jews, signed up for the opportunity to escape Nazi Germany. Unbeknownst to the passengers, the visas they purchased were from a corrupt Cuban director of immigrati
Is Voyage of the Damned based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Voyage of the Damned scary?
Content rating: PG. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.