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Ship of Fools is a 1965 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer, set on board an ocean liner bound for Germany from Mexico in 1933. It stars a prominent ensemble cast of 11 stars — Vivien Leigh (in her final film role), Simone Signoret , Jose Ferrer , Lee Marvin , Oskar Werner , Elizabeth Ashley , George Segal , Jose Greco , Michael ...
A diverse group of passengers on a ship bound for Germany in 1933 face various conflicts and challenges as they witness the rise of Nazism. The film, based on a novel by Katherine Anne Porter, stars Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer and Lee Marvin.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Stanley Kramer
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The ship of fools (Modern German: Das Narrenschiff, Latin: Stultifera Navis), is an allegory, first appearing in Book VI of Plato's Republic, about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert knowledge.
Ship of Fools. Summaries. A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society. 1933: An ocean liner belonging to a second-rate German company is making a twenty-six day voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Bremerhaven, Germany.
Ship of Fools is a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter, telling the tale of a group of disparate characters sailing from Mexico to Europe aboard a German passenger ship.