Martha (1967) on Netflix
Forgotten by its shipping line, the rusty old freighter Martha sails the Mediterranean with a crew that lives well aboard her. Then the company's strict owner, O.P. Andersen, arrives.
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- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.1/101,231 votes
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Plot summary
The SS Martha is the oldest freighter in the shipping line's fleet, a rusty tramp steamer plying the Mediterranean that the company has more or less forgotten. Her crew, among them Kaptajn Peter Nielsen and Hovmester Watson, takes advantage of the neglect and lives comfortably aboard a ship that is falling apart around them, though money is always short. Then the line's owner, Skibsreder O.P. Andersen, a strict man of the old school, suddenly needs to sail on Martha. He is not pleased with what he finds, either the ship or the men who sail her. For the crew, the old steamer's place in the fleet now hangs on a race: Martha must beat the Harald, or the scrapyard is next.
Cast
- Eleni Anoussakisas Laura
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Martha (1967)
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- Filmmakers Erik Balling and Henning Bahs hunted Greek ports for an old tramp steamer and found the SS Margarita, built in Denmark in 1927 as the SS Aslaug and laid up after a 1966 fire; she was scrapped once filming ended.
- Martha has a cult following, especially among mariners, and has inspired fan clubs in Denmark and Sweden and a replica restaurant in Svendborg.
