Voyage of the Damned
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- Genre: Movies • Drama • War
- Country: United Kingdom, United States
- Premier: 20 Dec 1976 (Spain)
- Director:Stuart Rosenberg
- WriterSteve Shagan, David Butler, Gordon Thomas
- Stars:Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, David de Keyser
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Original Title:
Voyage of the Damned
Tagline: In The Shadow of Death... [UK]
Storyline
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 extermation camps in occupied Poland.
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