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6.0/10   212 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Joseph Conrad (novel)
Mark Peploe (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 December 1996 (Poland) more
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Plot:
Axel Heyst lives on a secluded island near the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya. The year is 1913... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Surprisingly good - a hidden gem more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Willem Dafoe ... Axel Heyst

Sam Neill ... Mr. Jones

Irène Jacob ... Alma

Rufus Sewell ... Martin Ricardo
Jean Yanne ... Mr. Schomberg
Ho Yi ... Wang
Bill Paterson ... Capt. Davidson
Irm Hermann ... Mrs. Schomberg
Graziano Marcelli ... Pedro

Hansi Jochmann ... Mrs. Zangiacomo
Simon Callow ... Zangiacomo
Michael Lee ... Chinese Gentleman
Leonard Maguire ... Old Trader McNab
Didi Saad ... Wang's Wife
Topan Setiadji ... Young Chinese Houseboy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Victory (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
99 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | France:U | Germany:12 | USA:R
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Trivia:
Spent a couple of years on the shelf in the UK before release. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Victory (1940) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly good - a hidden gem, 17 April 2006
10/10
Author: liderc from Austria

I'm surprised this movie is so little known and obviously was no box office hit when it was released. Joseph Conrad's novel "Victory" is brought to the screen with an amazing care about the setting and the details of the book, and I must admit that this is the first adaption of a novel that really managed to get very close to the mental images I had while reading the book. Performances are great overall, especially in the small parts the cast is an interesting mix of German and English-speaking actors. The direction (aided by the lush photography) is very good, too, also because it really tries to capture the atmosphere of the tropical setting and the novel. The score is no masterpiece, but surely better than average. The way the script changed the ending of the novel actually seems to me to be a good idea since it gives it all a more optimistic and positive touch. The only thing I didn't like was Sam Neill's extremely queeny and effeminate Mr. Jones. This negative stereotype of gay men already appears in Conrad's novel, but nowadays I think one should be able to get rid of this crap.

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