Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War
Original title: Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters / The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999 · 1 h 40 min
Andrew GrieveCast
Ioan Gruffudd 
Robert Lindsay 
Antony Sher 
Samuel West 
John Shrapnel 
Peter Vaughan
Credits
Written by: C.S. Forester
Plot
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Sinekatalog’s take
Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999) is a British war film directed by Andrew Grieve. It stars Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay and Antony Sher. It runs 100 minutes. It is listed here as part of the director's body of work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (4,635 votes)
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