Thriller,Drama,Action,War
United States of America
Morituri is a 1965 American war film directed by Bernhard Wicki and starring Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner. The film is set during World War II and tells the story of Robert Crain (Brando), a German living in India, who is blackmailed by the British to impersonate an SS officer and board a German cargo ship carrying a valuable cargo of rubber from Japan to Germany.
Crain is told to disable the scuttling charges to prevent the captain from sinking the ship if they are stopped by English warships. He is also tasked with finding a way to get the ship to dock at an Allied port, so that the rubber can be seized. Crain is reluctant to undertake the mission but agrees when he realizes that he has no choice, as the British have evidence of his past as a Nazi sympathizer.
Crain gets on board the ship and begins his mission, but he soon finds himself ensnared in a web of intrigue and danger. The crew is suspicious of him, and the captain (Brynner) is a fanatical Nazi who is determined to complete his mission at any cost. Meanwhile, the British are following the ship, waiting for an opportunity to seize the rubber cargo.
As the voyage continues, Crain must navigate his way through a series of challenges, including a deadly confrontation with a fellow passenger, a stowaway who threatens to blow his cover, and a mutiny led by the ship's engineer. All the while, he must keep up his façade as an SS officer, even as he begins to question his loyalties.
In the end, Crain manages to disable the scuttling charges and get the ship to dock at an Allied port, but not without paying a heavy price. He is injured and betrayed by the British, and he realizes that his actions may have had unintended consequences. The film ends with Crain setting out on a new journey, uncertain of his future and haunted by his past.
