The Last Place on Earth

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The Last Place onEarth ★★½ 1985

Saga of bitter hardship and ambition depicting the 1911 race between the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Captain Robert Falcon (Shaw), and his Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen (Ousdal) to conquer the South Pole. On seven cassettes. 385m/C VHS, DVD . CA Martin Shaw, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Max von Sydow, Susan Wooldridge; D: Ferdinand Fairfax; W: Trevor Griffiths; C: John Coquillon; M: Trevor Jones. TV

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