After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous
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Directing | Georg Tressler | Director |
Writing | B. Traven | Novel |
Editing | Ilse Voigt | Editor |
Writing | Hans Jacoby | Screenplay |
Writing | Werner Jörg Lüddecke | Screenplay |
Production | Georg Tressler | Producer |
Production | Dietrich von Theobald | Executive Producer |
Sound | Roland Kovac | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Heinz Pehlke | Director of Photography |
Art | Emil Hasler | Production Design |
Art | Walter Kutz | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Alois Woppmann | Makeup Artist |
Directing | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Assistant Director |
Sound | Heinz Garbowski | Sound Recordist |