The Whale (2013)
- Directed by
- Alrick Riley
- Genre
- drama, history, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film tells the true story of a whaling ship that is attacked by a giant sperm whale in 1820. The surviving crew members are left stranded at sea and must fight for their lives.
historicaltensemelancholicsurvivalbleakdramaticunsettlingharrowing
What happens
The Whale is a British television film that was first broadcast on BBC One on 22 December 2013. Terry Cafolla wrote the film about the Essex incident in 1820, which also formed the basis of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. The Whale was also broadcast on Animal Planet in the United States during the summer of 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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