Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
1948 · Feature film · 105 min · dir. Charles Frend
The noblest adventure man ever dared!
- Drama
- biographical film
Synopsis
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Charles Frend
- Writer
- Walter Meade
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Cinematography
- Jack Cardiff
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Released
- 1948-11-29
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total
- Running time
- 105 minutes
Cast & crew
Charles Frend Director
Diana Churchill
Reginald Beckwith
Derek Bond
Kenneth More
Barry Letts
John Gregson
John Mills
James Robertson Justice
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Not Really the Facts · Thrgfr · 2021-12-23
Great movie, but expedition records, which were covered up by Scott's widow, and later revealed gives a different picture of Scott as an incompetent and nasty blunderer.
