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49th Parallel

49th Parallel

Ortus Films (1941)
DVD
UR (Unrated)
715515022422
Thriller | War
UK | English | Black & White | 02:03

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


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Richard George Kommandant Bernsdorff (The U-Boat Crew)
Eric Portman Lieutenant Hirth (The U-Boat Crew)
Raymond Lovell Lieutenant Kuhnecke (The U-Boat Crew)
Niall MacGinnis Vogel (The U-Boat Crew)
Peter Moore Kranz (The U-Boat Crew)
John Chandos Lohrmann (The U-Boat Crew)
Basil Appleby Jahner (The U-Boat Crew)
Laurence Olivier Johnnie / the Trapper (The Canadians)
Finlay Currie The Factor (The Canadians)
Ley On Nick / the Eskimo (The Canadians)
Anton Walbrook Peter (The Canadians)
Glynis Johns Anna (The Canadians)
Charles Victor Andreas (The Canadians)
Frederick Piper David (The Canadians)
Leslie Howard Philip Armstrong Scott (The Canadians)
Tawera Moana George / the Indian (The Canadians)
Eric Clavering Art (The Canadians)
Charles Rolfe Bob (The Canadians)
Raymond Massey Andy Brock (The Canadians)
Theodore Salt United States Customs Officer
O.W. Fonger United States Customs Officer
Elisabeth Bergner Anna (replaced by Glynis Johns)
George Alexander Cameo Appearance
Robert Beatty RCMP Mountie in Alberta
Eric Berry Nazi Radio Announcer

Trailer

Edition details

Edition Criterion Collection
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 2
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Mono [English]
Subtitles English | English (Closed Captioned)
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Feb 20, 2007
Regions Region 1