Ship of Fools
The story takes place on a film set in the 1930s. It is about a ship traveling to Mexico with many kinds of passengers which represent a society with many complex relationships and chaos.
21 November 1907, Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]
7 March 1902, Essen, Germany
February 11, 1938
23 April 1897, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
25 May 1918, Dallas, Texas, USA
June 28, 1886
23 November 1909, New York City, New York, USA
28 November 1896, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
23 December 1918, Montorio nei Frentani, Molise, Italy
22 July 1921, Texas, USA
14 December 1918, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
November 17, 1897 in Davis, West Virginia, USA
26 August 1904, Imuris, Sonora, Mexico
7 April 1915, New York City, New York, USA
November 21, 1907 in Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]
October 15, 1892 in Montana, USA
1940, Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
23 September 1902, Berlin, Germany
December 12, 1920
19 February 1924, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1907, New York, USA
13 February 1934, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA
13 November 1922, Vienna, Austria
26 February 1905, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
15 September 1885, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
25 March 1921, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
10 November 1904, Ungvár, Austria-Hungary [now Uzhhorod, Ukraine]
August 07, 2002
It makes for OK drama all the same, but it's all on the heavy-handed side. Well, subtlety was never Kramer's strong suit.
February 28, 2002
Werner and Signoret were wonderful, and deserved their nominations.
January 04, 2005
All-star cast in ultimately grim tale.
January 01, 2000
As glib as Stanley Kramer often is, there is probably nothing glibber in his entire output than this Abby Mann adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel.
July 15, 2007
The black-and-white overlong, dated and uneven film, a less than endearing talk-fest, is rescued from drowning in a sea of words by its fine cast.
November 07, 2007
Superb acting in an Abby Mann script that seldom descends into bathos.
June 24, 2006
Don't look now, but as you might expect with message-mad Kramer at the helm of this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel, there's a heavy allegory aboard.
May 24, 2003
The film's interest lies in the excellent cast.
May 20, 2003
A powerful, ironic film.
July 30, 2007
Prestigious and literary cinema at its most ponderous, transfer of Porter's novel to the the big screen by Kramer (the wrong director) is crude and pretentious, but some of the performances, particularly Signoret, Leigh and Dunn, are good.
November 07, 2007
Director-producer Stanley Kramer and scenarist Abby Mann have distilled the essence of Katherine Anne Porter's bulky novel in a film that appeals to the intellect and the emotions.
