Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958)

Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New ... See full summary »

Directors:

Bill Colleran, Louis De Rochemont III

Writers:

A.J. Villiers (book) (as Captain Alan Villiers), James L. Shute (adaptation)

Stars:

Bjørn Amvik, Arne Andersen, Per Antonsen

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bjørn Amvik	...	Cadet #5
Arne Andersen	...	Motorman
Per Antonsen	...	Cadet #21
Niels Arntsen	...	First officer
Svein Aske	...	Cadet #23
Trygve Bendiksen	...	Second assistant bosun
Tore Bilet	...	Cadet #85
Sigurd Borgen	...	Sailmaker
Boston Pops Orchestra	...	Orchestra
Erik Bye	...	Narrator
Even Børresen	...	Cadet #31
Pau Casals	...	Self
Jan Christiansen	...	Cadet #28
Peer Dahl	...	Cadet #25
Thor Dalelv	...	Cadet #84

Storyline

Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York and back home again.

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Plot Keywords:

training | orchestra | boston pops orchestra | willemstad curacao | u.s. navy | 

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Taglines:

The Film and The Process All The World Has Been Waiting For! (original US poster)

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Genres:

Documentary | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's original 7-channel Cinermiracle Sound has been remastered into a 5.1 mix for its 2010 restoration.

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Alternate Versions

In 2011, Cinerama Inc. presented this motion picture digitally re-mastered, recombined and Smileboxed, so as to simulate the deeply, curved screen view theatricality of this original, Cinemiracle process three-panel film, in Hamburg, Germany. The digital version added opening and closing theater curtains before and after each act of the roadshow picture. Additionally, its track was remixed, and its original 26 fps. running length was timed down to 24 fps..

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Connections

Referenced in Masters of Sex: Asterion (2014)

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Soundtracks

Don't You Worry
Written by Terry Gilkyson, Rich Dehr and Frank Miller

User Reviews

Don't forget the music!

I recall having seen this movie in Dortmund/Germany in a big cinema which seemed to have been specially prepared for the occasion. It must have been in 1959 or 1960. I really felt "seasick" at certain passages of this movie, the impact of the stereo pictures and the sound was tremendous for me. It is not just this particular memory which makes this very movie dear to me (even though I never saw it again). This very movie is the reason for my introduction to, and consequently, love for, classical music. Grieg's piano concerto, practised by one of the cadets all the way from Oslo to America for a public performance there (under Arthur Fiedler - I recall his white dinner jacket when conducting) opened up this musical sphere to me forever. Up to this day this music and the Norwegian landscapes shown in the movie are closely connected in my mind. All this a "key event".

EL

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 1958 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Windjammer

Filming Locations:

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,757

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinemiracle Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

142 min

Sound Mix:

Cinerama 7-Track

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.77 : 1