Georg Tressler
Director


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...
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Georg Tressler
Director

Horst Buchholz
Philip Gale - Amerikanischer Seeman

Mario Adorf
Lawski - Polnischer Kohlenschlepper

Helmut Schmid
Martin - Heizer auf der Yorikke
Werner Buttler
Dils - 1. Ingenieu
Panos Papadopulos
Popoff - Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter

Günter Meisner
Paul - Trimmer auf der Yorikke
Alfred Balthoff
Ballard
Albert Bessler
US-Konsul
Karl Lieffen
Belgischer Kripobeamter

Elke Sommer
Mylene - ein Französisches Mädchen
Dieter von Keil
Statter - 1. Offizier
Edgar O. Faiss
Bootsmann auf der Yorikke
Marielouise Nagel
Blonde Prostituierte
Alf Marholm
Kapitän der Yorikke

Claudia Gerstäcker
Shaba
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Writer
Hans Jacoby
Writer
B. Traven
Writer