Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is a 1951 British Technicolor romantic fantasy drama film directed by Albert Lewin and produced by Lewin and Joseph Kaufman from Lewin's own screenplay, based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman. It was filmed mainly in Tossa de Mar, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The land record speed scenes were shot at Pendine Sands in Wales.
Plot
In autumn 1930, fishermen in the fictitious small Spanish port of Esperanza make a grim discovery in their nets, the bodies of a man and a woman. The resultant ringing of church bells in the village brings the local police and the resident archaeologist, Geoffrey Fielding (Harold Warrender), to the beach. Fielding returns to his villa, and, breaking the "fourth wall", retells the story of these two people to the audience.
More details
author | Albert Lewin |
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contentLocation | Spain |
director | Albert Lewin |
genre | drama fantasy mystery |
keywords | back to life breaking the fourth wall church bells doom drink even femme fatale flying dutchman fourth wall greek mythology learning the truth morning murder murder trial mysterious force nightclub singer nothing paint pandora racing car reject romantic rival seven years ship captain storm at sea tumble wait wed |
musicBy | Alan Rawsthorne |
productionCompany | John and James Woolf |
publisher | International Film Distributors |
recordedAt | Spain |
theme | romantic drama romantic fantasy |