The Shadow-Line

The story

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

M Marek KondratJoseph Conrad G Graham LinesBurns T Tom WilkinsonRansome B Bernard ArchardCapt. Elis J John Bennett M Martin WyldeckCapt. Giles R Richard BartlettDoctor P Piotr CieślakOfficer Z Zygmunt HübnerCapt. Vidara (as Zygmunt Hubner) E Eugeniusz PriwieziencewFranchy G Gordon RichardsonDoctor S Stanisław TymJacobus

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J Jerzy Zelnik M Marian Czyżewski S Stefan FriedmannSailor P Piotr GarlickiYoung Captain T Tadeusz Jastrzębowski K Krzysztof Kumor Z Zygmunt MaciejewskiShipment Owner T Tomasz Mościcki A Adam Perzyk R Radosław PiwowarskiSailor I Igor Sawin M Maciej Staniewicz M Małgorzata BraunekFlute Player (uncredited) I Iga CembrzyńskaDouble Bass Player (uncredited) B Bożena DykielTriangle Player (uncredited) I Irena KarelViolinist (uncredited) E Emilia KrakowskaTambourine Player (uncredited) J Jolanta LotheMusician (uncredited) W Wojciech PszoniakConductor (uncredited) J Joanna ŻółkowskaFlute Player (uncredited)