Directed by:
Stuart RosenbergScreenplay:
Steve ShaganComposer:
Lalo SchifrinCast:
Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, Luther Adler, Wendy Hiller, Julie Harris, Nehemiah Persoff, Maria Schell, Jonathan Pryce (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Based on the tragic 1939 voyage of the SS St. Louis. 937 Jewish Germans are offered safe haven in Havana, Cuba, before the start of WWII. They depart Hamburg in high spirits, looking forward to their new life. The trip is thwarted when passengers are not allowed ashore once they reach their destination. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Faye Dunaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/288/162288341_99eaba.jpg)
Faye Dunaway
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
![Oskar Werner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271838_15ff3a.jpg)
Oskar Werner
Austria
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
![Lee Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390385_78d6cf.jpg)
Lee Grant
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Detective Story (1951)
![Sam Wanamaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245568_d2464e.jpg)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
![Lynne Frederick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/526/165526655_e091cd.jpg)
Lynne Frederick
UK
Best movies:
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
![Luther Adler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159999_d2f5cc.jpg)
Luther Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
House of Strangers (1949)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
![Wendy Hiller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381948_864763.jpg)
Wendy Hiller
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Anne of Avonlea (1987) (TV movie)
![Julie Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576554_9699e2.jpg)
Julie Harris
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Nehemiah Persoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273545_ba9fec.jpg)
Nehemiah Persoff
Israel
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
![Maria Schell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/239/163239868_5d3587.jpg)
Maria Schell
Austria
Best movies:
Gervaise (1956)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Cimarron (1960)
![Jonathan Pryce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/126/164126959_528e9c.jpg)
Jonathan Pryce
UK
Best movies:
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary (2016) (theatrical recording)
One Life (2023)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Brian Gilbert
UK
Best movies:
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
![Max von Sydow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267824_9f437d.jpg)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
![Malcolm McDowell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/230/160230800_46c0da.jpg)
Malcolm McDowell
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Long Ago Tomorrow (1971)
![Helmut Griem](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271429_b305bd.jpg)
Helmut Griem
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Cabaret (1972)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
![Anthony Higgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/844/161844842_69bda9.jpg)
Anthony Higgins
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
![Tom Laughlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186516_414d17.jpg)
Tom Laughlin
USA
Best movies:
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The Born Losers (1967)
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![James Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/211/164211043_7f296e.jpg)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Katharine Ross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273044_571ef7.jpg)
Katharine Ross
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Graduate (1967)
Donnie Darko (2001)