Im Herzen der See
(2015)
Regisseur:
Ron HowardSchauspieler:
Cillian Murphy, Chris Hemsworth, Brendan Gleeson, Ben WhishawAls Herman Melville 1850 der Geschichte des alten Thomas Nickerson lauscht, will er zunächst seinen Ohren nicht trauen, zu absonderlich und erschreckend erscheint das Gehörte. Und doch ist es die Wahrheit… gut 30 Jahre zurück: Als die 19-köpfige Crew des Walfängerschiffes Essex um Nantucketer Captain Pollard an einem spätsommerlichen Augusttag 1819 aufbricht, um im tausende Seemeilen entfernten pazifischen Ozean auf die Jagd nach Walen zu gehen, ahnt keiner, welche Torturen sie in Bälde zu erleiden haben werden.
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. But that told only half the story. “Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. But that told only half the story. “Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
