Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War

Original title: Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

TV Movie
1999
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

Ioan Gruffudd and Estelle Skornik in Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999)

Adventure Drama War

Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
Captain Pellew's line, "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean," is a quotation from the second part of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge. It was first published, anonymously, in 1798.

Goofs
General de Charette refers to restoring His Catholic Majesty. That title was used by the kings of Spain. The kings of France were known as the Most Christian King.

Quotes
Major Edrington: [Watching as Hornblower struggles to mount a horse] Now I see why you chose the Navy.

Connections
Featured in The Story of the Costume Drama: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)

Soundtracks
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Traditional

User reviews14

Featured review

The best in the current series!

The 4-part made for tv-series comes to an end, at the moment that is, with a terrific final episode! This episode is the best installment of all four movies! It has everything from espionage, intrigue, murder, war, horror to romance and beyond, you name it! It is a classic! Each minute of the movie is filled with great drama! This is Horathio Hornblower at its best! BTW the use of music in this episode is excellent. So now that the series comes to an end I hope that we will see Horathio Hornblower very soon again on the little screen, until then, it is back to the novels of Forester to fill in these waiting days!

Conclusion: The series is highly recommended! It is an oases compared to the desert of day to day tv-fare!