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Voyage of the Damned

Drama based on the true story of a ship carrying German-Jewish refugees which was denied permission to land anywhere and was obliged to return to Germany and the horrors of Nazism.

Drama based on the true story of a ship carrying German-Jewish refugees which was sent to Havana in 1939 by the Nazis but was denied permission to land anywhere. The ship was eventually obliged to return to Germany, where certain death awaited its passengers. This terrible outcome had been cynically anticipated by the Nazis when granting permission for the voyage in the first place.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Mar 200914:30
BBC Two except Scotland & Yorkshire

Credits

Denise KreislerFaye Dunaway
Captain SchroederMax von Sydow
Professor Egon KreislerOskar Werner
Max GunterMalcolm McDowell
José EstedesOrson Welles
Dr Juan RemosJames Mason
Lili RosenLee Grant
Mira HauserKatharine Ross
Carl RosenSam Wanamaker
Anna RosenLynne Frederick
Professor WeilerLuther Adler
Rebecca WeilerWendy Hiller
Alice FienchildJulie Harris
Mr HauserNehemiah Persoff
Mrs HauserMaria Schell
Aaron PoznerPaul Koslo
Otto SchiendickHelmut Griem
Dr Erich StraussVictor Spinetti
Luis ClasingMichael Constantine
Manuel BenitezJose Ferrer
Morris TroperBen Gazzara
President BruFernando Rey
Leni StraussJanet Suzman
Admiral CanarisDenholm Elliott
Commander Von BoninLeonard Rossiter
DirectorStuart Rosenberg
Joseph JosephDavid de Keyser
Purser MuellerKeith Barron
Engineering OfficerDon Henderson
Werner MannheimFrederick Jaeger

Broadcasts

  • Sat 19 Jan 200814:05
    BBC Two England, Wales & Wales (Analogue) only
  • Sun 22 Mar 200914:00
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 22 Mar 200914:30
    BBC Two except East, Scotland & Yorkshire