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The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (1984)

The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail poster
Directed by
Harald Mertes, Neil Hollander
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the last remaining sailors who worked on large sailing ships before engines took over. It follows their voyages and daily life at sea.

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What happens

The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail es una película del género documental de 1984, dirigida por Neil Hollander y Harald Mertes, musicalizada por Paul Hoffert, en la fotografía estuvo John Cressey, Ron Precious y John Tully, la protagoniza Orson Welles, que hace de narrador.​ El filme fue realizado por Adventure Film Productions, se estrenó el 9 de mayo de 1984.​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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