The Shadow-Line
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
Graham Lines
Burns
Tom Wilkinson
Ransome
Bernard Archard
Capt. Elis
John Bennett
Martin Wyldeck
Capt. Giles
Richard Bartlett
Doctor
Piotr Cieślak
Officer
Zygmunt Hübner
Capt. Vidara (as Zygmunt Hubner)
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Franchy
Gordon Richardson
Doctor
Stanisław Tym
Jacobus
