South (film)

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South
Directed by Frank Hurley
Starring Ernest Shackleton
CinematographyFrank Hurley
Distributed by British Film Institute
Release dates
  • 1919 (1919)
  • 2000 (2000)(restoration)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

South: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic is a 1919 silent film documentary of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, directed by Frank Hurley. [1] [2] [3] The film was restored by the British Film Institute and the new print was screened in theaters in 2000. [4] The restoration included tinting and the addition of a piano soundtrack. [5]

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