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Information
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 155 min.
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rating *
- 6.5
- Votes *
- 1,644
- Checks
- 161
- Favs
- 9
- Dislikes
- 3
- Favs/checks
- 5.6% (1:18)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
1976's Voyage of the Damned assembles a great cast to tell the true story of almost a thousand Jewish refugees put on a luxury liner by German authorities in May of 1939, as a clever propagandist ploy to create a pariah ship, boost antisemitism abroad, and thus get better political will for the Nazi regime. Though there is political intrigue, mostly in the original destination of Cuba, most of the action takes place on the ship itself, tracking several of the real people making the voyage, taking its time so as to let the audience get to know both passengers and crew. Unfortunately, Stuart Rosenberg's direction is very flat, on the level of a TV movie, and though the storylines are adequately juggled, it failed to get the proper rise out of this viewer, even when the high drama required it. Interesting, but lacking in craft. 6 years 2 months ago -
Earring72
Big all star cast, sad and interesting true story but the movie hasn't aged very well and feels like a soap opera.
OK, but could be stronger 10 years 4 months ago