Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea

Infobox Film
name = Swept from the Sea


image_size =
caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Beeban Kidron
producer = Beeban Kidron
writer = Joseph Conrad
Tim Willocks
narrator =
starring = Vincent Perez
Rachel Weisz
Ian McKellen
Joss Ackland
Kathy Bates
music = John Barry
cinematography = Dick Pope
editing = Alex Mackie
Andrew Mondshein
distributor = TriStar Pictures
released = September 9, 1997
runtime = 115 min
country = CAN
UK
USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0120257

"Swept from the Sea" is a 1997 movie based on a 1903 story, "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad. It stars Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Kathy Bates, Zoe Wanamaker and Tom Bell and was directed by Beeban Kidron.

The story concerns a Russian, unable to speak English but able to play chess, shipwrecked on the coast of Cornwall on his way to America.

It is the third filmatisation of 'Amy Foster'. Note that Janko Góral is a Pole in the original story.

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