Based on Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel, this romantic drama is rife with adventure and intrigue. Set in the 1913 Dutch East Indies, the film stars Willem Dafoe as Axel Heyst, an islander who rescues a violinist (Irene Jacob) in an all-female band from the lecherous hotelier who has purchased her. Axel spirits her away to his idyllic island, but her outraged owner plots to get her back. Sam Neill.