Heart of Darkness Karloff) as its final act, and adds a backstory in which Marlow had been Kurtz's adopted son. The cast includes Inga Swenson and Eartha Kitt. The most famous adaptation is Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 motion picture "Apocalypse Now" based on the screenplay by John Milius, which moves the story from the Congo to Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In "Apocalypse Now", Martin Sheen plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a US Army Captain assigned to "terminate the command" of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz. Marlon Brando played Kurtz, in one of his most famous roles. A production documentary of the
Youth (Conrad short story) called: the port was Muntok. Conrad became angry with him, calling Muntok 'a beastly hole'. The boats of the real ship reached the safety only after several hours, Marlow was a bit younger than Conrad, etc. 1898 (probably May) – Conrad begins writing "Youth" 3 June 1898 – Conrad finishes writing "Youth" September 1898 – "Youth" is first published in "Blackwood's Magazine" 13 November 1902 – the book volume "Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories" is published by William Blackwood – also contained the stories "Heart of Darkness" and "The End of the Tether" 1903 – First American edition