Watch: Voyage of the Damned 1976 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1939, Germany’s Hamburg-America Line announced a voyage from Germany to Cuba. 937 people, the vast majority being Jews, signed up for the opportunity to escape Nazi Germany. Unbeknownst to the passengers, the visas they purchased were from a corrupt Cuban director of immigration, and they were invalid. Upon arrival in Havana, only 28 people were allowed to disembark, while the rest remained on board for weeks as they sailed to Florida, and eventually Canada, searching for safe haven. Sadly the ship returned to Antwerp after more than a month at sea. Forced back under Nazi rule as the low countries fell, it is estimated that approximately 250 of the refugees died in the extermination camps in occupied Poland..
Plot: A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler’s Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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Shame on US
Despite the fact that this film had three Oscar nominations, and several Golden Globe nominations with one win (Katharine Ross), and a boatload of stars, it is not worth watching so much for it’s quality (marginal) but for the story of how we knew what was happening to the Jews before World War II and did little to stop it.This is the story of 937 Jews that were put on a boat to Havana with useless documents, as the German government had no intention of letting them off the ship. They were denied entry into Cuba, and the US also denied them entry before they finally were saved by a social service agency and allowed to land in Belgium. Of course, that would prove ultimately fatal for two-thirds of them as the war started just two months later.
Why would Germany do this? Simple. By sending a ship of Jews to the America’s and having them turned away, they negated any right the US would have to complain when they started exterminating Jews. Clever of them, and our government fell right into their trap. Our support for Israel is not so much that we love the Jews, but a massive guilt for our participation in their extermination.
There were some great performances in this otherwise mediocre film: Lee Grant and Katherine Ross; some good performances: Ben Gazzara, Faye Dunaway; and the film debut of Jonathan Pryce (POTC 1. 2. & 3, Tomorrow Never Dies).
Check it out.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 35 min (155 min), 3 hr 2 min (182 min) (video) (USA)
Budget 7300000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Drama, War
Director Stuart Rosenberg
Writer Steve Shagan, David Butler, Gordon Thomas
Actors Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 9 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA (uncredited) (prints), Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK (processing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm