Captain Webb
2015·United Kingdom·87 min.
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In 1875 Captain Matthew Webb, a retired merchant seaman, survived fierce winds, treacherous currents and multiple jellyfish stings to swim from Dover to the shores of France, a crossing that took almost 22 hours and spanned 39 miles. The Channel would not be swum again for 36 years, and to this day more people have climbed Everest than successfully swum across the Channel. The Greatest Englishman tells the story of one man's struggle to define himself, beginning with Captain Webb diving into the water at Dover.
DirectorJustin Hardy
ScreenwriterJemma Kennedy
MusicBritish Sea Power
CinematographyMatthew Wicks
CastHannah Tointon·Warren Brown·Steve Oram·Tim Plester·Tom Stourton·Dominic Kinnaird·James Schlesinger·Georgia Maguire·Terry Mynott·David Keyes·Tom Cheshire·Christopher LeveauxShow all
Original titleCaptain Webb