72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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49th Parallel

Michael Powell
     123 m.
Synopsis
A German U-boat is destroyed off the coast of Canada, and the surviving crew members set out to reach neutral America. On their travels, they meet a cross-section of Canadians, all with different ethnic backgrounds and beliefs, but all resistant to the Nazi arguments put by the Germans. As the band diminishes, only the fanatical Lieutenant Hirth is left, and he is finally captured by a Canadian hobo on the US border.
Director
Michael Powell
Screenplay
Emeric Pressburger
Photography
Frederick Young
Edition
David Lean
Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Cast
Richard George (Capt. Bernsdorff), Eric Portman (Lt. Ernst Hirth), Laurence Olivier (Johnnie Barras), Finlay Currie (Albert), Leslie Howard (Philip Armstrong Scott)
Running Time
123 m.
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