49th Parallel
| Release Date: | Oct 1941 |
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| Genre: | War / Thriller / Drama |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations |
| Cast: | Richard George (Kommandant Bernsdorff), Eric Portman (Lieutenant Hirth), Raymond Lovell (Lieutenant Kuhnecke), Niall MacGinnis (Vogel), Peter Moore (Kranz), John Chandos (Lohrmann), Basil Appleby (Jahner), Laurence Olivier (Johnnie - the Trapper), Finlay Currie (The Factor), Ley On (Nick - the Eskimo), Anton Walbrook (Peter), Glynis Johns (Anna), Charles Victor (Andreas), Frederick Piper (David), Leslie Howard (Philip Armstrong Scott), Tawera Moana (George - the Indian), Eric Clavering (Art), Charles Rolfe (Bob), Raymond Massey (Andy Brock), Theodore Salt (A United States Customs Officer), O.W. Fonger (A United States Customs Officer), Robert Beatty (RCMP 'Mountie' in Alberta (voice)), Eric Berry (Nazi Radio Announcer (uncredited)), Gron Davies (Officer on Submarine (uncredited)), Leslie Falardeau (Aviator on Seaplane (uncredited)), Lionel Grose (Undetermined Role (uncredited)), Jack Hynes (Aviator on Seaplane (uncredited)), Stuart Latham (Second Nazi Radio Announcer (uncredited)), Norman Luxton (Man in fringed jacket on balcony at...), Vincent Massey (Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)), Percy Parsons (Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist (uncredited)), Gerry Wilmot (Canadian Radio Announcer (uncredited)) |
A damaged U-boat is stranded in a Canadian bay in the early years of World War II. The Fanatical Nazi captain and his crew must reach the neutral United States or be captured. Along the way they meet a variety of characters each with their own views on the war and nationalism. In this film Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger show their ideas of why the United States should join the Allied fight against the Nazis.