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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.
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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.
Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" (he called his movies heavy dramas) and a liberal movie icon. [1]
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).
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.
John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is an English film composer. He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s, working with fellow Liverpool-natives The Lotus Eaters and Thomas Lang , as well as Claudia Brücken .
John Kapelos (born March 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario. [1] He is best known for his portrayals of janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club [ 2 ] and Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight .