Moby Dick DVD 1956 / Directed by John Houston / Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles / Film adaptation of literary classic by Herman Melville

UPC 5999546336429

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0, English 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 110 minutes

English Summary:

Moby Dick is a 1956 film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. The film starred Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, and Leo Genn.

The music score was written by Philip Sainton.

Set in 19th-century New England, the story follows the whaling ship Pequod and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab, who was almost killed in an encounter with the "great white whale", Moby Dick, which bit off much of his left leg. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that has joined him, Ahab is out to destroy the huge sea mammal, but his obsession with vengeance is so great that he cannot turn back, eventually leading to the death of Ahab and all of his crew, save his newest able seaman, Ishmael.

Hungarian Summary:

Ahab kapitánynak (Gregory Peck) van egy rögeszméje: amióta egy hatalmas fehér bálna, amelyet Moby Dicknek nevezett el, letépte az egyik lábát, eszeveszetten űzi az állatot, hogy harcban győzze le, nem számít saját és legénysége élete sem. A megszállott kapitány és emberei erejüket a végsőkig megfeszítve küzdenek a természet erői ellen. Végre sor kerül az utolsó összecsapásra a félelmetes állattal…. A Herman Melville regénye alapján készült pergő cselekményű, csodálatos képi nyelvű, izgalmas kalandfilmet John Huston csaknem két évig forgatta. A forgatókönyvet Ray Bradburyvel (Marsbéli krónikák) közösen írták meg. A film gyártási költsége akkoriban a többi filmhez képest szenzációs összegre, ötmillió dollárra rúgott.

Cast / Szereplők

• Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab
• Richard Basehart as Ishmael
• Leo Genn as Starbuck
• James Robertson Justice as Captain Boomer
• Harry Andrews as Stubb
• Bernard Miles as the Manxman
• Noel Purcell as Ship's Carpenter
• Edric Connor as Daggoo
• Mervyn Johns as Peleg
• Joseph Tomelty as Peter Coffin
• Francis de Wolff as Captain Gardiner
• Philip Stainton as Bildad
• Royal Dano as Elijah
• Seamus Kelly as Flask
• Friedrich von Ledebur as Queequeg
• Orson Welles as Father Mapple
• Tamba Allenby as Pip (uncredited)
• Tom Clegg as Tashtego (uncredited)
• Ted Howard as Perth (uncredited)
• Iris Tree as Bible woman (uncredited)
• John Huston as the voice of Peter Coffin and a Pequod lookout (uncredited)