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The Ship of Lost Souls or The Ship of Lost Men (German: Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen) is a 1929 German silent thriller film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Fritz Kortner, Marlene Dietrich and Robin Irvine.
It was Dietrich's last silent film before The Blue Angel made her an international star. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, and partly on location around Rostock. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Fritz Maurischat. It premièred on 17 September 1929 at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin.
Original Release
09/17/1929
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fritz Kortner | Capt. Fernando Vela / Kapitän Vela - Captain Fernando Vela |
| Marlene Dietrich | Ethel Marley |
| Robin Irvine | William 'T.W.' Cheyne - a Young American Doctor |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | Grischa - der Koch - the Cook / Grischa - the Cook |
| Gaston Modot | Morain - the escaped convict / Der Sträfling Morains - Morain - the Escaped Convict |
| Boris de Fast | The tattooed sailor / Der tätowierte - The Tattooed Sailor |
| Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | Nick (as F. Schaljapin) / Nick |
| Max Maximilian | Tom Butley |
| Fritz Alberti | The captain of the luxury liner / Der Kapitän - The Captain of the Luxury Liner L'Amorique |
| Robert Garrison | The landlord / Der Vermieter - The Landlord |
Directors
Writers
Maurice Tourneur, Franzos Keremen
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fritz Kortner | Capt. Fernando Vela / Kapitän Vela - Captain Fernando Vela |
| Marlene Dietrich | Ethel Marley |
| Robin Irvine | William 'T.W.' Cheyne - a Young American Doctor |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | Grischa - der Koch - the Cook / Grischa - the Cook |
| Gaston Modot | Morain - the escaped convict / Der Sträfling Morains - Morain - the Escaped Convict |
| Boris de Fast | The tattooed sailor / Der tätowierte - The Tattooed Sailor |
| Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | Nick (as F. Schaljapin) / Nick |
| Max Maximilian | Tom Butley |
| Fritz Alberti | The captain of the luxury liner / Der Kapitän - The Captain of the Luxury Liner L'Amorique |
| Robert Garrison | The landlord / Der Vermieter - The Landlord |
| Heinrich Gotho | A sailor / Ein Matrose - A Sailor |
| Harry Grunwald | A sailor / Ein Matrose - A Sailor |
| Emil Heyse | |
| Fred Immler | |
| Alfred Loretto | A sailor / Ein Matrose - A Sailor |
| Gerhard Ritterband | |
| Aruth Wartan | |
| Heinz Wemper | |
| Christiane Tourneur | (as Christiane Virideau) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Max Glass | Producer |
