Ship of Fools

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Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.

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instanceOf film
award Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White
Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black-and-White
basedOn Ship of Fools (novel)
linked to: Ship of Fools
basedOnWorkAuthor Katherine Anne Porter
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo
countryOfOrigin United States
director Stanley Kramer
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
editedBy Robert C. Jones
featuresCharacterType German nationalist
Jewish salesman
aging Southern belle
alcoholic ex–baseball player
featuresTheme antisemitism
class divisions
political tension in pre–World War II Europe
filmFormat black-and-white film
genre drama
romantic drama
hasEnsembleCast true
musicBy Ernest Gold
narrativeFocus human folly
intersecting lives of passengers
prejudice
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
originalLanguage English
producer Stanley Kramer
productionCompany Stanley Kramer Productions
publicationDate 1965
releaseYear 1965
runtime 149 minutes
screenwriter Abby Mann
settingPlace transatlantic ocean liner
settingTime 1930s
starredActor George Segal
Heinz Rühmann
Jose Ferrer
linked to: José Ferrer

Lee Marvin
Oskar Werner
Simone Signoret
Vivien Leigh

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Ernest Laszlo notableWork Ship of Fools
Ernest Laszlo workedOn Ship of Fools
Ernest Gold notableWork Ship of Fools (1965 film score)
linked to: Ship of Fools
Ernest Gold workedOn Ship of Fools (1965 film)
linked to: Ship of Fools
George Segal notableWork Ship of Fools
Stanley Kramer notableWork Ship of Fools
Lilia Skala workedOn Ship of Fools
Simone Signoret notableWork Ship of Fools
Katherine Anne Porter notableWork Ship of Fools
Vivien Leigh notableWork Ship of Fools
subject linked to: Vivian Mary Hartley
Kaaren Verne notableWork Ship of Fools
Kaaren Verne appearedIn Ship of Fools
Elizabeth Ashley notableWork Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools basedOn Ship of Fools (novel)
linked to: Ship of Fools
Oskar Werner notableWork Ship of Fools
Katherine Anne Porter notableWork Ship of Fools
subject linked to: Callie Russell Porter
Katherine Anne Porter notableWork Ship of Fools
subject linked to: Callie
The Innocents hasPart Ship of Fools
Ernst Sigmund Goldner notableWork Ship of Fools (film score)
linked to: Ship of Fools
Ernst Sigmund Goldner workedOn Ship of Fools (1965 film)
linked to: Ship of Fools