Voyage of the Damned tells the true story of the ill fated ship the S.S St.Louis.
For those unaware it was a German ship loaded with over 900 passengers, most of them being Jews. The whole thing was essentially propaganda and (No spoilers here) but there was a lot the Nazi party were not telling all those involved.
To my knowledge the movie is fairly accurate and is not exactly easy watching. The whole thing is very sad made doubly hard hitting by the fact it's all real and merely scratches the surface of the atrocities that took place.
With an all star cast including Faye Dunaway, Max VonSydow and Malcolm McDowell it stands at around two and a half hours but struggles to stay entertaining.
Though the story is certainly an interesting one it just doesn't translate very well into a movie. The story drags, is very bleak and as mentioned doesn't make for the easiest watching. I guess you could say it's a cross between Titanic (1997) and Schindlers List (1993) in that regard.
I see the appeal and respect everything they've done, but Voyage of the Damned is a better historic/education piece than movie.
The Good:
Great cast
Powerful story
The Bad:
Some poor accents
Simply light on enjoyment
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
It's 2018, and people seem to have forgotten that Nazis are bad
The Jewish people were under no illusion what the Nazis religious beliefs were.
For those unaware it was a German ship loaded with over 900 passengers, most of them being Jews. The whole thing was essentially propaganda and (No spoilers here) but there was a lot the Nazi party were not telling all those involved.
To my knowledge the movie is fairly accurate and is not exactly easy watching. The whole thing is very sad made doubly hard hitting by the fact it's all real and merely scratches the surface of the atrocities that took place.
With an all star cast including Faye Dunaway, Max VonSydow and Malcolm McDowell it stands at around two and a half hours but struggles to stay entertaining.
Though the story is certainly an interesting one it just doesn't translate very well into a movie. The story drags, is very bleak and as mentioned doesn't make for the easiest watching. I guess you could say it's a cross between Titanic (1997) and Schindlers List (1993) in that regard.
I see the appeal and respect everything they've done, but Voyage of the Damned is a better historic/education piece than movie.
The Good:
Great cast
Powerful story
The Bad:
Some poor accents
Simply light on enjoyment
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
It's 2018, and people seem to have forgotten that Nazis are bad
The Jewish people were under no illusion what the Nazis religious beliefs were.