Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Charles Frend

Escritores:

Walter Meade (screenplay) &
Ivor Montagu (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 abril 1949 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Aventura | Drama

Plot:

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole...

Plot Keywords:

Antarctica | Antarctic | Ealing | Character Name In Title

Premios:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An inspiring and timeless film

Reparto

John Mills	...	Captain R. F. Scott R.N.
Diana Churchill	...	Kathleen Scott
Harold Warrender	...	Dr. E.A. Wilson
Anne Firth	...	Oriana Wilson
Derek Bond	...	Captain L.E.G. Oates
Reginald Beckwith	...	Lt. H.R. Bowers R.I.M.
James Robertson Justice	...	P.O.'Taff' Evans R.N.
Kenneth More	...	Lt. E.G.R. 'Teddy' Evans R.N.
Norman Williams	...	Chief Stoker W. Lashly R.N.
John Gregson	...	P.O. T. Crean R.N.
James McKechnie	...	Surgeon Lt. E.L.Atkinson R.N.
Barry Letts	...	Apsley Cherry-Gerrard
Dennis Vance	...	Charles S. Wright
Larry Burns	...	P.O. P. Keohane R.N.
Edward Lisak	...	Dimitri

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.

Duración:

111 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:U (video rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U (original rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Antarctica

Compañía:

Ealing Studios

Trivialidades:

Ralph Vaughan Williams later transformed the score into his seventh symphony, the "Sinfonia Antartica."

Citas:

Capt. L.E.G. Oates: I'm just going outside; I may be away some time.
[as he leaves tent for certain death]

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Antarctica (1991)

An inspiring and timeless film

The Ealing Studios production `Scott of the Antarctic' is a work of art and an inspiration to human achievement. The film depicts the polar explorers of the Second Scott Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913). They are portrayed first as pygmies against the terrible backdrop of the ice continent, then as dauntless giants within the enclosed spaces of their fragile tents as they await their certain death.

The mood of the film is High Victorian, although strictly speaking the setting is Late Edwardian. Edward Adrian Wilson, the artist, played by Harold Warrender, is the quintessential gentleman naturalist. As the film begins, Wilson is shown in the summery garden of his tranquil country homestead in England, meticulously creating a scientific illustration of a mounted bat. At the end, when Wilson is among the few remaining explorers who face frozen death in their wind-whipped tent, his spirit drifts away to his English home.

The Victorian faith in mechanisms is brought forth by close up shots of distance-measuring wheels that are attached to the backs of clumsy man-drawn sledges, and by the heroic but flawed powered tractors that break down in the awful cold.

The film invites the viewer to arrive at his or her own conclusions about the character of Captain Scott. The film makes no judgments - it merely portrays Scott through the superb acting of John Mills.

`Scott of the Antarctic' is a timeless film about eternal values: human endeavor, achievement and triumph.