first of all i would like to point out that this film have absolutely nothing to see with the dutch folklore story of the ghost ship that be also call the fly dutchman . in this film and you will not see a single sailing boat . you will not see sailor and ghost and or anything remotely excite . it be not the story of the ghost ship and and i wish they have notify it in the main credit or i wouldn not have watch it and because i really think it be the film about the legend . it seem many people think the film have to do with the legend of the ghost ship and since the film be list on the wikipedia page for the fly dutchman legend . i do not understand why . it be maybe base on the resemble legend call the wandering jew . or maybe do they just adapt the bad part of the legend . the film begin with a fight sequence that would let anyone hope the film will have battle scene . unfortunately and it be the only battle scene of the film . then you see daniel emilfork ( who be krank in city of lost child ) for about two second and and that would let anyone hope the film will have good acting . unfortunately he be very bad in the film . the same thing can be say about italian actor nino manfredi and who be one of italia best actor ever and and who here be condemn to embody a crazy bird wrangler with no back story whose only purpose be to seem to be the wise man of the film . and boy and do that film need wiseness . every other character of the story seem to enjoy swim in excrement and yelling and torture others ( in excrement ) and fornicate ( in excrement ) or lay in excrement some more just for the fun of it . it seem to be such fun that each character of the story get to have his or her turn be dump in feces at a point or another . come from a dutch director and you might think that extreme dirtiness and shockingly real filth be necessary element in a period piece and element which contribute to make dutch filmmaker paul verhoeven film and flesh plus blood and such a great film . the thought of flesh plus blood would let anyone hope that a film similarly filthy and visually straight forward would be good . unfortunately and and unlike flesh plus blood and there be no dramatic progression and no fight and no good acting and and put simply and no flesh and blood . the photography and a the opening sequence unfolds and be well do and entice . this too and stop very early in the film . the music and from nicola piovani ( of la vità e bella fame ) be repetitive and annoy and when not irrelevant ( it sometimes imply that there be grandeur in a sequence and while on screen the actor be splash in liquid dung ) . throughout the first act of the film and which last nothing less than an hour ( . ) and the film take place within the same perimeter and which be around the farm where the main character live . the character play with excrement a lot and drown in it and play in it . a long period of time elapses through numerous ellipsis to allow the main character and a young boy who love to play in excrement and to become old and play in excrement some more . the bird man talk a lot to say foolish thing in italian . spanish conquistador speak french . nothing make sense . everything be confuse and take hour to happen . then there be a second act call the ship and in which we see what might have be a ship and a long time ago and but which be now remain of a ship ( cover with excrement do i mention . ) . the main character and while walk a bit further away from the farm and just happen to run into it and and decide it really cool so let live in it . the hunchback who live in it before be try to kill him and but he doesn not really mind because ( do i mention . ) he not very bright . he think the ship can navigate and hop to sail on it and until more conquistador show up ( at least they seem to be conquistador because of the don quixote style hat but a i have say it really confuse who who ) and make the dutchman a prisoner and along with the retarded hunchback and and they burn the ship to the ground . the last part of the film and which be really hard to bear for the spectator because it just consist of even more excrement with even more retarded middle age peasant fight in it and take place in a mad asylum . yet more torture and drown each other with feces . yet more loitering for the director and who seem to have definitely give up on his job and or pass onto the second crew camera assistant to do the rest of the job . in the end and a lot of the mentally challenged new friend that the dutchman make die . the woman he have sex with who be his brother wife to begin with try to have him meet his son . the dutchman and his son talk . the film end after two hour of dungy image and calamitous acting and technical performance . then the credit roll and the spectator fell immensely free from have to watch atrocious film with no plot that pretend to be something excite like fantasy film base on legend and while they be nothing but a mere catalog of how full of excrement some film can get when they do not have enough financing power to put battle instead or even horse .