Monday, January 10, 2011

Shipwrecked (Haakon Haakonsen)

Shipwrecked (Haakon Haakonsen)

Actors: Gabriel Byrne , John Sigurd Kristensen , Bjørn Sundquist , Knut Walle , Karl Sundby , Guy Fithen , Eva von Hanno , Frank Krog , Louisa Millwood-Haigh , Kjell Stormoen , Joachim Rafaelsen , Trond Peter Stamsø Munch , Geo von Krogh , Stian Smestad , Harald Brenna
Director: Nils Gaup
IMDB Rate: 6.3 out of 10 (1064 votes)
Plot Summary:Haakon Haakonsen didnt want to go to sea so young, but when his father, a Norwegian sailor, comes home with a badly wounded foot in the 1850s, the Haakonsen family finances require him to enlist as ship boy aboard a British ship under Royal Navy authority. After some hazing he buckles up to learn the hard work and gets accepted by the rough crew. Then Royal Navy lieutenant John Merrick is welcomed to take charge of security on a long voyage to Sidney and Calcutta, trough pirates-infested waters, but Haakon mistrusts him after finding he packed concealed weapons indeed Merrick secretly poisons the captain. Haakon and his guardian angel, dads best mate Jens, were about to feel the claw of the cat for helping a stowaway when a rock wrecks the ship. Haakon washes up an island where he finds a pirates treasure and weapons.

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