A Captive in the Land (1990)
An American meteorologist attempts to rescue an injured Soviet airman. A killer storm soon maroons them both and the unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences in order to survive the real life terrors of the Arctic.
- Date of release
- 1990-01-07
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Director
- John Berry
Casting
- Sam Waterston — Royce
- Aleksandr Potapov — Averyanov
- Keir Giles — Cook
- Victor Ignatyev — Chukchee
Interesting facts
A Captive in the Land is a 1990 Soviet–American survival drama film directed by John Berry and written by Berry and Lee Gold. The film is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by James Aldridge and stars Sam Waterston, Aleksandr Potapov and Keir Giles.
Production
A Captive in the Land was filmed in an island in the Onega Bay of the White Sea: Kiy Island and the Lena Rover, involved two sessions of location shooting. Sam Waterston had to return to Russia to complete the film after Aleksandr Potapov suffered a heart attack, causing a suspension of filming.
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