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Burning Soul

Burning Soul

2016Short⏱️ 14m
ShortDramaHistory
6.9
IMDB Rating
79 votes

Australia, June 1727, a ship from the Dutch East India Company wrecked on the hostile coast. Pieter and Hendrick are friends like brothers - they grew up together, sailed together, survived together. But when Hendrick discovers th...

Director
Cedric Desenfants
Writers
N/A
Stars
Teo Falck, Rasmus Hansen, Rasmus Callmer
Release Date
September 11, 2016
Language
English
Country
Australia
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Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Teo Falck
as Pieter Engels
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Rasmus Hansen
as Hendrick Armanse
Rasmus Callmer
Rasmus Callmer
as Adriaen Spoor
Mal Bailey
Mal Bailey
as Captain Jan Steins
Eddy Shore
Eddy Shore
as Frans Feban
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Frans Bjorkman
as Dirck van Griecken

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Royal National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production
Sydney Film School

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

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⭐ Featured Review

Burning Soul
by CinemaSerf2023-08-10
6/10

"What makes this a little more interesting is that it leaves us to surmise a lot of what has, is and will go on as two sailors - "Pieter" (Teo Falck) and "Hendrick" (Rasmus Hansen) face the wrath of their captain and crew. By the looks of the tattered flag and the armchair in which their judge and jury "Capt. Steins" (Mal Bailey) sits, they have all been the victims of a shipwreck, but it seems more like that the danger to this pair comes from the assumption that their unchristian behaviour is more akin to that of Sodom and therefore it's their souls that have..."

💡 Did You Know?

The story and characters are loosely inspired by the real shipwreck of the Zeewijk from the Dutch East India company on the Australian coast in June 1727. The two young men who were discovered to be in a same-sex relationship among the survivors were both sentenced to death and marooned, left to die each on a separate island, according to the historical records from the captain's journals.

📖 Synopsis

Australia, June 1727, a ship from the Dutch East India Company wrecked on the hostile coast. Pieter and Hendrick are friends like brothers - they grew up together, sailed together, survived together. But when Hendrick discovers th...