Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.
Captain Gustav Schröder

Martha Stern

Officer Klaus Ostermeyer

Otto Hendrich

Walter Stern

Karl Pollock

Dr. Josef Joseph

Robert Hoffmann

Leo Stern
Elise Loewe

Dr. Max Loewe

Male German Customs Officer

Female German Customs Officer

Fat Boy
Steward

Radio Operator

Ignaz Karliner

Cuban Officer

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