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The Shadow-Line (1976) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 6, 1976

Original Title:
Smuga cienia

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Thames Television
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Production Countries:
Poland | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Krystyna Grochowicz
Michael Darlow
Magdalena Stelmaszczyk

Costume Design:
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Wiesława Starska

Director:
Andrzej Wajda

Director of Photography:
Witold Sobociński

Editor:
David Naden

First Assistant Director:
Zorika Zarzycka
Zbigniew Kaminski

Original Music Composer:
Lech Brański
Wojciech Kilar

Producer:
Jolyon Wimhurst

Production Design:
Allan Starski
Teresa Barska

Set Decoration:
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek

Story:
Joseph Conrad

Writer:
Bolesław Sulik
Andrzej Wajda

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