The Shadow-Line

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

Crew

Michael Darlow

Assistant Director

Zorika Zarzycka

First Assistant Director

Zbigniew Kaminski

First Assistant Director

Krystyna Grochowicz

Assistant Director

Magdalena Stelmaszczyk

Assistant Director

Andrzej Wajda

Director

Bolesław Sulik

Writer

Maria Osiecka-Kuminek

Set Decoration

Andrzej Wajda

Writer

Lech Brański

Original Music Composer