"The Last Place on Earth" (1985) TV mini-series

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.8/10   

Temporadas:

1

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Scott and Amundsen both wanted to be first to the Pole. One of them was. The other became a hero.

Plot:

Scott vs. Amundsen. It wasn't meant to be a race, but race it becomes, as the world awaits news of the first to reach the Pole...

Plot Keywords:

Amundsen | South Pole | Antarctica | Weather | Snow

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent documentary drama

Reparto

Martin Shaw	...	Captain R. F. Scott (7 episodios, 1985)
Sverre Anker Ousdal	...	Roald Amundsen (7 episodios, 1985)
Stephen Moore	...	Dr. 'Bill' Wilson (7 episodios, 1985)
Ståle Bjørnhaug	...	Olav Bjaaland (6 episodios, 1985)
Tom Georgeson	...	P.O. Lashly (6 episodios, 1985)
Hugh Grant	...	Cherry-Garrard (6 episodios, 1985)
Michael Maloney	...	Lt. 'Teddy' Evans (6 episodios, 1985)
Richard Morant	...	Capt. 'Titus' Oates (6 episodios, 1985)
Sylvester McCoy	...	Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers (6 episodios, 1985)
Robin Soans	...	Surgeon Atkinson (6 episodios, 1985)
Tom Gerrard	...	P.O. Keohane (5 episodios, 1985)
Jan Hårstad	...	Helmer Hanssen (5 episodios, 1985)
Erik Hivju	...	Sverre Hassel (5 episodios, 1985)
Ivar Nørve	...	Oscar Wisting (5 episodios, 1985)
Daragh O'Malley	...	P.O. Crean (5 episodios, 1985)
Paul Rothery	...	'Silas' Wright (5 episodios, 1985)
Pat Roach	...	P.O. Evans (5 episodios, 1985)
Susan Wooldridge	...	Kathleen Bruce - Mrs. Scott / ... (4 episodios, 1985)
Jon Eikemo	...	Adolf Lindström (4 episodios, 1985)
Bill Nighy	...	Cecil Meares (4 episodios, 1985)
Sven Nordin	...	Gran (4 episodios, 1985)
Jirí Stanislav	...	Dimitri (4 episodios, 1985)
Hans Ola Sørlie	...	Jorgen Stubberud (4 episodios, 1985)
Max von Sydow	...	Fridtjof Nansen (3 episodios, 1985)
Lawrence Douglas	...	Mr. Day (3 episodios, 1985)
Per Theodor Haugen	...	Leon Amundsen (3 episodios, 1985)
Alexander Knox	...	Sir Clements Markham (3 episodios, 1985)
Toralv Maurstad	...	Hjalmar Johansen (3 episodios, 1985)
Peter Jeffrey	...	Lord Curzon (3 episodios, 1985)
Nils Ole Oftebro	...	Lt. Nilsen (3 episodios, 1985)
Sue Robinson	...	Mrs. Ory Wilson (3 episodios, 1985)
Bjørn Skagestad	...	Kristian Prestrud (3 episodios, 1985)
Robin Summers	...	P.O. Clissold (3 episodios, 1985)
Erik Bye	...	Andreas Beck (2 episodios, 1985)
Cliff Burnett	...	Reg Skelton (2 episodios, 1985)
Brian Dennehy	...	Frederick Cook (2 episodios, 1985)
Julian Fox	...	Lt. Campbell (2 episodios, 1985)
Astrid Folstad	...	Betty (2 episodios, 1985)
Anthony Hyde	...	Dr. Simpson (2 episodios, 1985)
Terry Kingley	...	Griffith Taylor (2 episodios, 1985)
Jane Laurie	...	Hilda Evans (2 episodios, 1985)
Peter Sands	...	Lt. Pennell (2 episodios, 1985)
Nickolas Grace	...	Lord Howard De Walden (2 episodios, 1985)
Richard Todd	...	Mr. Barnes (2 episodios, 1985)
Richard Wilson	...	Scott Keltie (2 episodios, 1985)

Duración:

396 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:L

Locaciones de Filmación:

Greenland

Compañía:

Central Independent Television

Errores:

Errores Reales: In the series, Amundsen visits Dr Frederick Cook in Leavenworth Prison shortly after the publication of Scott's journal. In reality, the meeting took place more than a decade later, in 1926, when Cook was serving a sentence for his part in an alleged oil fraud.

Excellent documentary drama

Roland Huntford's definitive saga of polar exploration, "Scott and Amundsen", is brought very faithfully to film in this 7-episode BBC series. Huntford was the former Scandinavian correspondent for London's "Observer", and his book was the first to debunk Scott's supposed heroic martyrdom.

Beautiful cinematography and several very solid performances by Sverre Anker Ousdal as the introspective and driven Amundsen; Martin Shaw nails the effete martinet, Scott; Michael Maloney is great as Scott's betrayed 2nd Officer, Teddy Evans; Toralv Maurstad as the outspoken Norwegian polar veteran, Hjalmer Johanssen; and, Richard Morant as, W.E.G. Oates, the army officer in a Navy environment and apparently the only man in Scott's party capable of independent thought.