The Shadow-Line (1976)
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
