The Worst Journey in the World (2007)

Directed by

Damon Thomas

Genre

documentary film, docudrama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

58 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film adapts the memoir of a polar explorer and recounts a harrowing Antarctic expedition. It mixes documentary footage with dramatic reenactments to show the hardship and endurance of the journey.

informativereflectivecoldhistoricsobersteadyatmosphericpoignant

What happens

The Worst Journey in the World is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama based on the memoir of the same name by polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Narrator Barry Letts, best known for his tenure as the producer of Doctor Who, played Cherry-Garrard in the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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