resettle in Britain but in the other European nations, ultimately were deported and were murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Cast Faye Dunaway as Denise Kreisler Max von Sydow as Captain Schroeder Oskar Werner as Professor Egon Kreisler Malcolm McDowell as Max Gunter Orson Welles as José Estedes James Mason as Dr. Juan Remos Lee Grant as Lili Rosen Katharine Ross as Mira Hauser Ben Gazzara as Morris Troper Luther Adler as Professor Weiler Michael Constantine as Luis Clasing Denholm Elliott as Admiral Canaris José Ferrer as Manuel Benitez Lynne Frederick as Anna Rosen Helmut Griem as Otto Schiendick Julie Harris as Alice Fienchild Wendy Hiller as Rebecca Weiler Paul Koslo as Aaron Pozner Nehemiah Persoff as Mr. Hauser Fernando Rey as President Bru Leonard Rossiter as Commander Von Bonin Maria Schell as Mrs. Hauser Victor Spinetti as Dr. Erich Strauss Janet Suzman as Leni Strauss Sam Wanamaker as Carl Rosen Keith Barron as Purser Mueller Ian Cullen as Radio Officer David Daker as First Officer Brian Gilbert as Laurenz Schulman Constantine Gregory as Navigation Officer (credited as Constantin de Goguel) Georgina Hale as Lotte Schulman Don Henderson as Engineering Officer Bernard Hepton as Milton Goldsmith Anthony Higgins as Seaman Berg Donald Houston as Dr. Glauner Frederick Jaeger as Werner Mannheim David de Keyser as Joseph Joseph Della McDermott as Julia Strauss Günter Meisner as Robert Hoffman (credited as Guenter Meisner) Jonathan Pryce as Joseph Manasse Marika Rivera as Madame in Bordello Ina Skriver as Singer Milo Sperber as Rabbi Philip Stone as Secretary Adele Strong as Mrs. Schulman Genevieve West as Sarah Strauss Laura Gemser as Estedes' friend (uncredited) Production The book was published in 1974. The Los Angeles Times called it "a human document of rare and discerning power". The book was a best seller, and the authors earned an estimated £500,000 from it. Rights to the book were acquired in 1974. It was originally envisioned as an ABC Movie of the Week but its budget of $7.3 million was too expensive. The film was the first feature of Associated General Films. Dunaway was paid $500,000 plus a percentage of the profits. The movie was filmed on board the chartered Italian ocean liner Irpinia, which was fitted with two false funnels in order to resemble St. Louis. It was also shot on location in Barcelona, Spain (standing in for Cuba), St. Pancras Chambers in London, and at the EMI