The Shadow-Line (1976)
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.
- Released
- 1976-09-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Andrzej Wajda
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Marek Kondrat as Joseph Conrad
- Graham Lines as Burns
- Tom Wilkinson as Ransome
- Bernard Archard as Capt. Elis
- John Bennett
- Martin Wyldeck as Capt. Giles
- Richard Bartlett as Doctor
- Piotr Cieślak as Officer
- Zygmunt Hübner as Capt. Vidara (as Zygmunt Hubner)
- Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as Franchy
- Gordon Richardson as Doctor
- Stanisław Tym as Jacobus