- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 2005-07-06
- Director: N/A
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English
- Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch , Jared Harris (I) , Jamie Sives , Richard McCabe , Victoria Hamilton , Jonathan Slinger , Tim Delap , Vanessa Pike , Sam Neill , Robert Hobbs
- Runtime: 267 min
- Awards: Nominated for 6 BAFTA 2 wins & 11 nominations total
- AKA: To the Ends of the Earth (United Kingdom) , Путешествие на край Земли (Russian Federation) , To the Ends of the Earth: Fire Down Below (United Kingdom) , To the Ends of the Earth: Rites of Passage (United Kingdom) , To the Ends of the Earth (Korea) , To the Ends of the Earth: Close Quarters (United Kingdom) , To the Ends of the Earth (Germany) , Os tin akri tis Gis (Greece) , Utazás a világ végére (Hungary) , To the Ends of the Earth (South Africa) , To the Ends of the Earth , To the Ends of the Earth (United States of America) , Na koniec świata (Poland)
- Plot: In the early 1800s young Edmund Talbot travels on a not too sea-worthy ship to New South Wales to take up a post with its governor. He keeps a journal, recording his impressions of crew and passengers. He gets on well with the Captain, Anderson, an amateur botanist who grows plants in his cabin, but, due to a social gaffe, well-meaning young parson Colley falls foul of the captain, later getting drunk and having gay sex with crew members. Despite Edmund's efforts to broker an understanding he remains in his cabin, where he literally wastes away. Edmund has a sexual encounter with the comely Zenobia, travelling with her parents, but he comes to realize that they are not related at all, merely a sexual threesome. Miss Granham, travelling to take up the job of a governess, falls for the older Mr. Prettiman, whom Edmund despises as a free-thinker, though they eventually reconcile. Prettiman is badly injured in a fall and Miss Granham agrees to marry him immediately, with flowers provided by the captain, and he recovers. Wheeler, Edmund's steward, is less fortunate. He is thrown overboard as a Jonah, and, although he survives, it is all too much for him. A broken mast leaves the ship drifting dangerously towards an ice-field but the scientifically-minded Lieutenant Benet mends it in time. Arriving in Australia, Edmund's friend Lieutenant Summers is given his own ship but dies when it catches fire. Edmund is re-united with the lovely Marian, who has been travelling on another vessel, the' Alcyone,' which met up with Edmund's ship in mid-ocean and he was instantly smitten by her. He has come 'to the ends of the Earth' and, unlike several of his fellow travellers, found contentment.
- IMDB:tt0435995
To the Ends of the Earth Cast · · · ALL
Benedict Cumberbatch
Edmund Talbot
Jared Harris
(I)
Captain Anderson
Jamie Sives
1st Lieutenant Summers
Victoria Hamilton
Miss Granham
Sam Neill
Mr. Prettiman
Daniel Evans
Parson Colley
Chris Walker
Oldmeadow
Robert Hobbs
Lieutenant Cumbersham
Joanna Page
Marion Chumley
Brian Pettifer
Wheeler
Richard McCabe
Mr. Brocklebank
Tim Delap
Mr. Bowles
Vanessa Pike
Mrs. Pike
Jonathan Slinger
Mr. Pike
James Gracie
Billy Rogers
Tom Fisher
Askew
Joe Vaz
Markham
Denise Black
Mrs. Brocklebank
Jonathan Pienaar
Smiles
Charles Dance
Sir Henry Somerset
Cheryl Campbell
(I)
Lady Somerset
JJ Feild
Lieutenant Deverel
Theo Landey
Bates
Damon Berry
Mr. East
Daniel Newman
Gibbs