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Secret Sharer

Synopsis

On a rusting cargo ship in the South China Sea, it's the young Polish captain's first command. His mutinous Chinese crew suspect him and his unscrupulous Boss of planning to scuttle the ship for an insurance scam. When the crew abandon ship, the young captain is left alone on board, helpless, anchored in a bay. That night while waiting anxiously on deck, he finds a naked body floating in the sea below, tangled up in the ship's rope ladder. Pulling the ladder, the captain discovers a Chinese woman in distress. She climbs on board, saying only "Hide me". Dawn comes a few hours later and so does a search party, looking for a murderer...
Inspired by Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer"
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Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
103 minutes
Format
Digital 4K cinemascope
Director
Peter Fudakowski 1st Feature
Producer
Peter Fudakowski, Tom Waller
Co-Producer
Michal Kwiecinski
Executive Producer
Joseph D'Morais, Alan Howden, Hakan Kousetta, Rupert Lywood, Julia Palau
Editor
Jaroslaw Barzan
Screenwriter
Peter Fudakowski
Director of Photography
Michal Tywoniuk
Production Designer
Pongnarin Jonghawklang
Sound
Kacper Habisiak
Composer
Guy Farley
Principal cast
Jack Laskey, Zhu Zhu, Ching-ting Hsia, Leon Dai
Associate Producers
Noah Weinzweig, Henrietta Fudakowski

Genre

Action Literary Adaptation Asian Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Poland, China, Thailand coproduction

Premiere Productions (UK), The UK Film & TV Production Company PLC (UK), Secret Sharer (PL)

Premiere Productions

3 Colville Place
London
W1T2BH

The UK Film & TV Production Company PLC

3 Colville Place
London
W1T 2BH

Sales Company

Moviehouse Entertainment

4th Floor, 11 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LS

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