In Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, what is the name of the cursed sailor played by James Mason?

In Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, James Mason plays the cursed sailor Hendrik van der Zee.

The character is the film’s version of the Flying Dutchman, a legendary mariner condemned to sail endlessly. He arrives near the Spanish coastal town where Pandora Reynolds, played by Ava Gardner, encounters him.

The film gives the sailor a personal history and a possible route to redemption through love. Its plot combines the supernatural curse with a romantic drama, rather than reproducing the events of the ancient Pandora story.

Albert Lewin wrote and directed the 1951 film. The title can cause confusion because Pandora belongs to Greek mythology, while Hendrik van der Zee belongs to the separate European legend of the Flying Dutchman.