The Shadow-Line

1h 40m

6

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

Bernard Archard

Richard Bartlett

Zygmunt Hübner

Capt. Vidara (as Zygmunt Hubner)

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Gordon Richardson

Marian Czyżewski

Stefan Friedmann

Tadeusz Jastrzębowski

Krzysztof Kumor

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Tomasz Mościcki

Radosław Piwowarski

Maciej Staniewicz

Małgorzata Braunek

Flute Player (uncredited)

Iga Cembrzyńska

Double Bass Player (uncredited)

Triangle Player (uncredited)

Violinist (uncredited)

Emilia Krakowska

Tambourine Player (uncredited)

Musician (uncredited)

Wojciech Pszoniak

Conductor (uncredited)

Joanna Żółkowska

Flute Player (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Writer

Bolesław Sulik

Witold Sobociński

Director of Photography

Zorika Zarzycka

First Assistant Director

Zbigniew Kaminski

First Assistant Director

Krystyna Grochowicz

Assistant Director

Magdalena Stelmaszczyk

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Jolyon Wimhurst

Production Design

Production Design

Wiesława Starska

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Maria Osiecka-Kuminek