Sea Wolf (miniseries)
Sea Wolf is a 2-part TV miniseries adapting the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf, written by Jack London.
| The Sea Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Sea-Wolf by Jack London |
| Written by | Nigel Williams |
| Directed by | Michael Barker |
| Starring | Sebastian Koch Tim Roth Neve Campbell Stephen Campbell Moore |
| Composer | Richard G. Mitchell |
| Country of origin | Germany, Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Herbert G. Kloiber Rikolt von Gagern Verena von Heeremann |
| Cinematography | Richard Greatrex |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Distributor | TeleMunchen |
| Budget | $19,000,000 |
| Release | |
| Original release | 2009 |
Plot
In a mishap, a young poetry critic Humphrey van Weyden is cast adrift in the open sea. He is picked up by a seal hunting schooner, but his miraculous escape turns into a brutal struggle for survival. The schooner is captained by 'Wolf' Larsen - an authoritarian and harsh captain.
Production
The series was mostly shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia using the Halifax waterfront doubling as San Francisco with shipboard scenes filmed aboard the schooners Alabama, Silva and the museum ship CSS Acadia at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.[1]
Cast
- Sebastian Koch - Wolf Larsen
- Tim Roth - Death Larsen
- Neve Campbell - Maud Brewster
- Stephen Campbell Moore - Humphrey Van Weyden
- Andrew Jackson - Johnson
- Tobias Schenke - Leach
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