The Endurance
2000 · Movie · G · 97 min · ★ 7.0 · 90% critics
This documentary retells Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctica expedition, when his ship was trapped in the ice in 1914. As conditions become brutal and hope fades, a small team sets out to find help and the story follows their long struggle back toward safety.
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Details
- Original title
- The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-09-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (44 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Endurance if you like true survival journeys and documentary storytelling in extreme conditions, with powerful historical visuals and firsthand family perspectives; Not for you if you want light entertainment or prefer fiction, or if you’re not into non-fiction exploration stories like Encounters at the End of the World.
Pros: gripping survival story; stunning archive footage; chilly, immersive atmosphere | Cons: bleak subject matter; may feel slow
Themes
- expedition
- rescue mission
- based on true story
- antarctica
- rescue team
- endurance
- old photograph
- caught
- rescue operation
- oceans rescue
- polar expedition
- documentary film
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Liam Neeson
as Narrator (voice)
David Cale
as Hubert Hudson (voice)
Brian d'Arcy James
as Frank Wild (voice)
- JA
Julian Ayer
as Himself (Grandson of expedition member)
Directed by George Butler