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67% Critic Match
Morituri
“Must mean something unusual”
6.7 / 10• 1965• 2h 3m•NR• English
ActionDramaThrillerWar
Storyline
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Cast & Crew
Marlon Brando
Robert Crain
Lead
Yul Brynner
Captain Müller
Janet Margolin
Esther
Trevor Howard
Colonel Statter
Martin Benrath
Kruse
Hans Christian Blech
Donkeyman
Wally Cox
Dr. Ambach
Max Haufler
Branner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bernhard Wicki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Morituri is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
