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.

Directed by Andrzej Wajda

Top cast

Marek Kondrat

Joseph Conrad

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Graham Lines

Burns

Tom Wilkinson

Ransome

Bernard Archard

Capt. Elis

John Bennett

Martin Wyldeck

Capt. Giles

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Richard Bartlett

Doctor

Piotr Cieślak

Officer

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Zygmunt Hübner

Capt. Vidara (as Zygmunt Hubner)

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Franchy

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Gordon Richardson

Doctor

Stanisław Tym

Jacobus

Jerzy Zelnik

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Marian Czyżewski

Stefan Friedmann

Sailor

Piotr Garlicki

Young Captain

Tadeusz Jastrzębowski

Krzysztof Kumor

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Shipment Owner

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Tomasz Mościcki

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