Sebastian Koch vs. Stephen Campbell Moore in a brutal battle of wills at sea. Who's hunting whom?
92 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestMaud Brewster is rescued by Wolf Larsen's ship. Humphrey warns her to keep their relationship secret. When the ship passes by Leach and Johnson's boat, Wolf orders it rammed and leaves them sinking with only one oar. They are picked up before the Ghost reaches the seal waters, but so does Death's steamer Macedonia.
Captain Wolf Larsen, the notorious Sea Wolf who rules the crew of his ship, the Ghost, with an iron fist. While on the high seas he takes on a castaway, the literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden. But instead of dropping him off at the next harbour, Larsen forces him to work in his crew as a ship boy. The young dandy has to fight for his very own survival in this new, rough world on board. But his most dangerous challenge is the captain himself, who involves him in an evil game.
Acting
Sebastian Koch's hypnotic, terrifying Wolf Larsen
Cinematography
Bleak North Sea beauty, claustrophobic below-deck shadows
Production
Authentic ship sets that genuinely feel like floating hell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jack London's 1904 novel has been adapted dozens of times, but this 2009 German-Canadian co-production is among the most faithful to the book's philosophical darkness.
Sebastian Koch reportedly based Larsen's physicality on studying alpha wolves in captivity — the stillness before striking.
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