“(A) masterpiece…The supreme encounter between Surrealism and Hollywood.” So says critic Jonathan Rosenbaum about this luscious, ethereal fantasy which has been digitally restored to its original Technicolor glory. James Mason plays the fabled 17th-century Dutch sailor, doomed to sail the seven seas in a ghost ship forever—unless he can find a loving woman willing to sacrifice her life for him. Ava Gardner (never more radiant) plays a sultry American nightclub singer and femme fatale in the Spanish port city of Esperanza who just may be his ticket out of eternal wandering. Cinematography by Jack Cardiff (The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus). Cleveland revival premiere. 126 min.