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The ship of fools (Modern German: Das Narrenschiff, Latin: Stultifera Navis), is an allegory, first appearing in Book VI of Plato's Republic, about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert knowledge.
Brief Synopsis. Passengers on a steam ship in the '30s struggle with their tangled relations and the rise of Nazism. Cast & Crew. Read More. Stanley Kramer. Director. Vivien Leigh. Mary Treadwell. Simone Signoret. La Condesa. Jose Ferrer. Rieber. Lee Marvin. Tenny. Oskar Werner. Dr. Schumann. Photos & Videos. View All. 1 Photo. Film Details. Genre.
Summaries. A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society. 1933: An ocean liner belonging to a second-rate German company is making a twenty-six day voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Bremerhaven, Germany.
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When an eclectic group of passengers boards a cruise ship bound for prewar Germany, they form a microcosm of 1930s society. One passenger, a mysterious countess (Simone Signoret), is headed for a...
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Stanley Kramer. Director. Katherine Anne Porter. Novel. Abby Mann. Screenplay. Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa.
