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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 Dunn, Charles Korvin and Heinz Ruehmann.
George Segal Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. [1] After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as Ship of Fools (1965) and King Rat (1965), he co-starred in the classic drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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. . The large cast of characters includes Germans, Mexicans, Americans, Spaniards, a group of Cuban medical students, a Swiss family, and a Sw
The ship of fools, 1549 German woodcut illustration for Brant's book. Benjamin Jowett's 1871 translation recounts the story as follows: . Imagine then a fleet or a ship in which there is a captain who is taller and stronger than any of the crew, but he is a little deaf and has a similar infirmity in sight, and his knowledge of navigation is not much better.
His most prominent roles include two 1965 films, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Ship of Fools. For the latter Werner received an Oscar nomination. Other notable films include Decision Before Dawn (1951), Jules and Jim (1962), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and Voyage of the Damned (1976).
[1] [2] It was printed by Michael Furter for Johann Bergann von Olpe. [3] The book consists of a prologue, 112 brief satires, and an epilogue, all illustrated with woodcuts. [4] Brant takes up the ship of fools trope, popular at the time, lashing with unsparing vigor the weaknesses and vices of his time.
The movie was filmed on board the chartered Italian ocean liner Irpinia, [9] which was fitted with two false funnels in order to resemble St. Louis. [ 10 ] [ 1 ] It was also shot on location in Barcelona , Spain (standing in for Cuba), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] St. Pancras Chambers in London, and at the EMI Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
The story takes place in the Belgrade mental hospital on Guberevac during World War I, where notable Serbian writer Petar Kočić spends his last years of life. The safety of mental hospital in a war-torn Belgrade is disrupted when Kosta Herman, the deputy military governor in occupied Belgrade, finds out that Kočić is in the hospital and decides to settle old scores with him.