Duty (2003)

Original title

Hornblower: Duty

Directed by

Andrew Grieve

Genre

war, adventure, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British naval officer commands a ship and faces challenges during wartime. It follows his sense of duty and leadership through a final mission.

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What happens

Duty is the eighth and final episode of the British TV series Hornblower, based on the 1962 book Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester. It was released on 6 January 2003, a day after episode 7: Loyalty. The series received four nominations for the 2004 56th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special and Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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