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"Men wanted for hazardous journey.smal wages. bitter cold. long months of complete darkness. constant danger. safe return doubtful. honour and recognition in case of success." - ernest shackleton
the 27 men who joined his expedition fiund that ernest shackleton was true to his word. they had drifted with the pack ice of the weddell sea for ten months, their ship- the endurance -had sunk, and they were castaways in one of the most hostile environments on earth, hundreds of miles from land. and so, with his dream of becoming the first man to cross antarctica long abandoned, shackleton set his mind to far greater challenge: bringing his crew savely home.
based on the detailed diaries and first-person accounts of ecpedition members, shackleton tells the true story of their extraordinary ordeal, and the death-defying, 800-mile journey in an open boat across the world's worst seas that made their rescue possible. written and directed by charles sturridge (longitude, brideshead revisited), shackleton stars kenneth branagh (henry V, hamlet) as the legendary explorer.
contains:
50' minute featurette: the making of shackleton
ernest shackleton episode of a&e awardwinning series biography
2 hour bonus programm from the history channel: antarctica: a frozen history
biography/filmography of kenneth branagh
En 1914, Frank Worsley embarque comme capitaine à bord de l´Endurance pour l´expédition antarctique organisée par Sir Ernest Shackleton. Bientôt le navire, bloqué au milieu de la banquise, est broyé par les glaces. Alors que l´Endurance disparaît dans les eaux sombres de l´Antarctique, les vingt huit hommes qui se trouvaient à son bord se réfugient sur la banquise. Au bout de quinze mois, à l´aide de trois canots de
sauvetage, ils repartent et parviennent à rallier l´île de l´Eléphant, une île déserte et inhospitalière, couverte de glace. Comprenant qu´aucun secours n´arrivera jamais jusqu´à eux, Ernest Shackleton et Frank Worsley décident de partir avec quatre hommes à bord d´une chaloupe en quête d´une terre habitée...
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