Sea Wolf (miniseries)

2009 German TV series or program
Sea Wolf
Release poster
Based onThe Sea-Wolf
1904 novel
by Jack London
Screenplay byNigel Williams
Directed byMichael Barker
StarringSebastian Koch
Tim Roth
Neve Campbell
Stephen Campbell Moore
ComposerRichard G. Mitchell
Country of originGermany
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
ProducersHerbert G. Kloiber
Rikolt von Gagern
Verena von Heeremann
CinematographyRichard Greatrex
EditorDean Soltys
Running time180 minutes
Budget$19,000,000
Original release
Release2009 (2009)

Sea Wolf is a 2-part TV miniseries aired in 2009, adapting the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf, written by Jack London.

Plot

In a mishap, a young poetry critic Humphrey van Weyden is cast adrift in the open sea. He is picked up by a seal hunting schooner, but his miraculous escape turns into a brutal struggle for survival. The schooner is captained by 'Wolf' Larsen - an authoritarian and harsh captain.

Production

The series was mostly shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia using the Halifax waterfront doubling as San Francisco with shipboard scenes filmed aboard the schooners Alabama,[1] Silva and the museum ship CSS Acadia at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.[2]

Cast

  • Sebastian Koch as Wolf Larsen
  • Tim Roth as Death Larsen
  • Neve Campbell as Maud Brewster
  • Stephen Campbell Moore as Humphrey Van Weyden
  • Andrew Jackson as Johnson
  • Tobias Schenke as Leach

References

  1. ^ "Nachbauten (Repliken) historischer Großsegler". Retrieved 3 Mar 2023.
  2. ^ "CSS Acadia Filmography", Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

External links

  • Sea Wolf at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Sea Wolf at AllMovie
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Films
  • The Sea Wolf (1913)
  • The Sea Wolf (1920)
  • The Sea Wolf (1926)
  • The Sea Wolf (1930)
  • The Sea Wolf (1941)
  • Wolf Larsen (1958)
  • Legend of the Sea Wolf (1975)
  • The Sea Wolf (1993)
  • The Sea Wolf (1997)
TV
  • Sea Wolf (2009)
Comics
  • The Sea Wolf (2012)
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Works directed by Mike Barker
Films
  • Best Laid Plans (1999)
  • To Kill a King (2003)
  • A Good Woman (2004)
  • Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
  • Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
Miniseries
  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
  • Lorna Doone (2000)
  • Sea Wolf (2009)
  • Moby Dick (2011)


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