The Shadow-Line (1976)

6.4/10 100 min Drama

Overview

Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.

Cast

Marek Kondrat

Joseph Conrad

Tom Wilkinson

Ransome

Bernard Archard

Capt. Elis

John Bennett

Martin Wyldeck

Capt. Giles

Piotr Cieślak

Officer

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Franchy

Stanisław Tym

Jacobus

Jerzy Zelnik

Stefan Friedmann

Sailor

Piotr Garlicki

Young Captain

Tadeusz Jastrzębowski

Krzysztof Kumor

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Shipment Owner

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