Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War

Original title: Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

TV Movie
19991999
1h 40min

Ioan Gruffudd and Estelle Skornik in Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Adventure Drama War

Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

Director
- Andrew Grieve
Writers
- C.S. Forester(novels)
- Chris Ould(screenplay)
Stars

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Director
- Andrew Grieve
Writers
- C.S. Forester(novels)
- Chris Ould(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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Hornblower is called to take a company of British troops (which the sailors call lobsters because of their red coats) and a company of French nationalists to France to fight in the revolution. But Hornblower is horrified by the brutality of the French commander as he guillotines everyone in a village that destroyed his former home and his unwillingness to take part in the actual battles. However, when the commander and his men set out to rape and brutalize a young school teacher, Hornblower vows his protection of her. —John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

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Genres
Parents guide

Trivia
Captain Pellew's line, "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean," is a quotation from the second part of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge. It was first published, anonymously, in 1798.

Goofs
Early in the movie Captain Pellew and Lieutenant Hornblower board their ship's boat to return to the ship. Pellew boards the boat before Hornblower. This is contrary to naval customs of the day (and present). The senior officer always boarded a boat last (and left it first).

Quotes
Major Edrington: [Watching as Hornblower struggles to mount a horse] Now I see why you chose the Navy.

Connections
Featured in The Story of the Costume Drama: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)

Soundtracks
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Traditional

Top review

The best in the current series!

The 4-part made for tv-series comes to an end, at the moment that is, with a terrific final episode! This episode is the best installment of all four movies! It has everything from espionage, intrigue, murder, war, horror to romance and beyond, you name it! It is a classic! Each minute of the movie is filled with great drama! This is Horathio Hornblower at its best! BTW the use of music in this episode is excellent. So now that the series comes to an end I hope that we will see Horathio Hornblower very soon again on the little screen, until then, it is back to the novels of Forester to fill in these waiting days!

Conclusion: The series is highly recommended! It is an oases compared to the desert of day to day tv-fare!

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Release date
- April 25, 1999 (United States)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Languages
- English
- French
Also known as
- Hornblower: Las ranas y las langostas
Filming locations
- Peniche, Portugal
Production companies
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Runtime
- 1h 40min
Color
- Color

Ioan Gruffudd and Estelle Skornik in Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

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