Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
- Bolesław SulikWriter
- Andrzej WajdaWriter
- Lech BrańskiOriginal Music Composer
- Wojciech KilarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marek KondratJoseph Conrad
- Graham LinesBurns
- Tom WilkinsonRansome
- Bernard ArchardCapt. Elis
- John BennettCast
- Martin WyldeckCapt. Giles
- Richard BartlettDoctor
- Piotr CieślakOfficer
- Zygmunt HübnerCapt. Vidara (as Zygmunt Hubner)
- Eugeniusz PriwieziencewFranchy
- Gordon RichardsonDoctor
- Stanisław TymJacobus