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| Willem Dafoe | ... | Axel Heyst | |
| Sam Neill | ... | Mr. Jones | |
| Irène Jacob | ... | Alma | |
| Rufus Sewell | ... | Martin Ricardo | |
| Jean Yanne | ... | Mr. Schomberg | |
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Ho Yi | ... | Wang |
| Bill Paterson | ... | Capt. Davidson | |
| Irm Hermann | ... | Mrs. Schomberg | |
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Graziano Marcelli | ... | Pedro |
| Hansi Jochmann | ... | Mrs. Zangiacomo | |
| Simon Callow | ... | Zangiacomo | |
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Leonard Maguire | ... | Old Trader McNab |
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Didi Saad | ... | Wang's Wife |
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Topan Setiadji | ... | Young Chinese Houseboy |
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Axel Heyst lives on a secluded island near the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya. The year is 1913. While on personal business to the port, he visits the hotel owned by racist German Schomberg. An all-woman orchestra plays in the hotel each night, and orchestra owner, San Giacomo agrees to "sell" one of the girls, Alma, to Schomberg. She asks Heyst to save her from the villains and they escape to his island and live there with native servant Wang. Schomberg points sinister Mr. Jones and his two fellow bandits to that island, saying that the fortune lies ahead of them there. Written by Anonymous
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Capt. Davidson: [narrating] There was an island called Samburu, and a man called Axelhouse. Nobody had actually seen him for over 2 years, although, we all knew he was there. Alone in the Java Sea with the ruins of his Tropical Belt coal company. Heyst the business man, Heyst the dreamer, had turned into Heyst the hermit
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[first lines]Capt. Davidson: [narrating] There was an island called Samburu, and a man called Axelhouse. Nobody had actually seen him for over 2 years, although, we all knew he was there. Alone in the Java Sea with the ruins of his Tropical Belt coal company. Heyst the business man, Heyst the dreamer, had turned into Heyst the hermit
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I hope the book reads better than this film plays, because the screenplay seems pretty weak. Willem Dafoe in a restrained performance, would be the only reason to endure 99 tedious minutes of this. While the 1913 period south seas locations are reproduced satisfactorily, the constant narration and wooden performances sink it. There is some nice tropical island scenery, but the entire cat and mouse game played by Dafoe, Sam Neill, Rufus Sewell, and Irene Jacob, is never believable. Very talky at times, everything just sort of drifts along to an extremely underwhelming conclusion. Very forgettable, and not recommended, even for Willem Dafoe fans. - MERK