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6.8A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Released: 1965-08-24123 minDir: Bernhard WickiAction, Drama, Thriller, War
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Cast
- Marlon Brando as Robert Crain
- Yul Brynner as Captain Müller
- Janet Margolin as Esther
- Trevor Howard as Colonel Statter
- Martin Benrath as Kruse
- Hans Christian Blech as Donkeyman
Themes
- mutiny
- drowning
- submarine
- secret mission
- world war ii
- fog
- convoy
- cargo ship
- anti war
- jewish girl
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- Bernhard Wicki
- Screenwriter
- Daniel Taradash
- Cast member
- William Redfield
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Conrad Hall
- Narrative location
- Tokyo
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 593517
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1965-08-25
- title
- Morituri
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Moss Mabry
- review score
- 75%
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