Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999 1h 40m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 52

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Synopsis

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Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ioan Gruffudd
Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
Sir Edward Pellew
Antony Sher
Colonel Moncoutant
John Shrapnel
General Charette
Samuel West
Major Edrington
Peter Vaughan
Admiral Lord Hood
Jean Badin
Faure
Jamie Bamber
Archie Kennedy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrew Grieve
Writers: Chris Ould
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Hornblower Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrew Grieve, shot by Alec Curtis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Ioan Gruffudd and Robert Lindsay and Antony Sher carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0194948 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Andrew Grieve directs. Alec Curtis behind the camera. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Hornblower Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Andrew Grieve, shot by Alec Curtis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Ioan Gruffudd and Robert Lindsay and Antony Sher carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0194948 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.