Captain Webb(2015)

Nothing Great Is Easy

Captain Webb is a biographical film about Matthew Webb, the British swimmer who became the first person to successfully cross the English Channel in 1875. Armed with little more than determination, a distinctive moustache, brandy for endurance, and a wire wool swimsuit, Webb undertook one of the era's most audacious physical challenges. The film chronicles his grueling 21-hour swim across one of the world's most treacherous waterways, capturing both the ambition and the sheer human willpower required to achieve what many thought impossible. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, it's a portrait of Victorian-era daring and the obsession that drove an ordinary man to attempt an extraordinary feat.