The Mystery of the Marie Celeste

• Bela Lugosi: Anton Lorenzen
• Shirley Grey: Sarah Briggs
• Arthur Margetson: Capt. Benjamin Briggs

The Mystery of the Marie Celeste ( another title The Phantom Ship) is the production year 1935 one of the early Hammer films. It stars Bela Lugosi. The action is the legendary story of the Marie Celeste ( actually Mary Celeste ) basis. The ship was built in 1872 found adrift in the sea without crew from Portugal. The film tries a rather unspectacular clarify the events surrounding the famous ghost ship and comes without supernatural incidents from.

Action

Captain Briggs visited in New York with his friend Captain Morehead the young Sarah, in which are both in love. Sarah Briggs and open Morehead their marriage plans, whereupon he rushes with jealousy and vows revenge them. After marrying Sarah to accompany her husband on the Marie Celeste and Briggs goes in search of a team. Among other things, he hired someone to Anton Lorenzen.

Happened shortly after the start of the journey first and accidents in the course of time a sailor disappears after another inexplicably from the ship. Soon it is clear that a killer is on the loose. But the presumption, Morehead would have introduced a revenge killer turns out to be wrong. When it was only the first mate Bilson and Anton Lorenzen remain, one learns that Lorenzen of this " shanghait " years ago was. Lorenzen shoots the Maat, but made ​​shortly thereafter by a torn off in the wind and cross- mast falls overboard. Finally, the " Dei Gratia " Captain Morehead finds the mannschaftslos driving " Marie Celeste ".

Public Domain

The original English version of the film is public domain and is available for free download.