Victory Movie Review 1995

In 1913, Axel Heyst (Dafoe) is living on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies. He makes a trip to the port town of Surabaya and becomes enamored of Alma (Jacob), a violinist who plays in the hotel's orchestra. Alma is being coerced by hotel owner Schomberg (Yanne) into becoming his mistress and Axel decides to take her with him back to his island. Schomberg then sends a couple of thieves (Neill, Sewell) after them by falsely saying that Axel has amassed a fortune. No happy endings; based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Island Fare, Books to Film: Joseph Conrad, Period Piece: 1910s

Screenplay

Mark Peploe

Cast

Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill, Rufus Sewell, Jean Yanne, Simon Callow

Cinematography

Bruno de Keyzer

Director

Mark Peploe

Music

Richard Hartley