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49th Parallel (1941)
123 min - Drama | War | Thriller - 15 April 1942 (USA)
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A WW2 U-boat crew is stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral USA.
Director: Michael Powell
Writers: Emeric Pressburger (story), Rodney Ackland (scenario), and 1 more credit ?
Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier and Richard George
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Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard George
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Kommandant Bernsdorff
Eric Portman
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Lieutenant Hirth
Raymond Lovell
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Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Niall MacGinnis
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Vogel
Peter Moore
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Kranz
John Chandos
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Lohrmann
Basil Appleby
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Jahner
Laurence Olivier
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Johnnie - the Trapper
Finlay Currie
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The Factor
Ley On
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Nick - the Eskimo
Anton Walbrook
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Peter
Glynis Johns
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Anna
Charles Victor
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Andreas
Frederick Piper
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David
Leslie Howard
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Philip Armstrong Scott
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In the early years of World War II, a German U-boat (U-37) sinks Allied shipping in St. Lawrence Bay and then tries to evade Canadian Military Forces seeking to destroy it by sailing up to Hudson Bay. The U-boat's Fanatical Nazi captain sends some members of his crew to look for food and other supplies at a Hudson Bay Company outpost. No sooner than the shore party (lead by Lieutenant Hirth) reaches the shore, the U-boat is spotted and sunk by the Canadian Armed Forces leaving the six members of the shore party stranded in Canada. The Nazi Lieutenant then starts to plan his crews' return to the Fatherland. He needs to 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. Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk> Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords: U Boat | Nazi | Escape | Hutterite | Canada | See more ?
Genres: Drama | War | Thriller
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Country: UK
Language: English | French | German
Release Date: 15 April 1942 (USA) See more ?
Also Known As: 49¨¨me parall¨¨le See more ?
Filming Locations: Associated Sound News Studios, Montr¨¦al, Qu¨¦bec, Canada See more ?
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Budget: ?132,000 (estimated) See more ?
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Production Co: Ortus Films See more ?
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Technical Specs
Runtime: 123 min | USA: 104 min | USA: 122 min (TV version: M-G-M print)
Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 See full technical specs ?
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Trivia Emeric Pressburger said, "Goebbels [Josef Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister] considered himself a master of propaganda but I'd thought I'd show him a thing or two". Ironically, Pressburger's status in Britain at the time was as an enemy alien, so when he returned from filming in Canada he found himself imprisoned and threatened with deportation. Thanks to the intervention of Michael Powell and the Ministry of Information, this did not happen. See more ?
Goofs Continuity: When the bombers destroy the submarine they are Lockheed Hudsons when they are approaching to make the attack but when the attack commences they have changed into Douglas B-18 Bolos. See more ?
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Prologue: I see a long, straight line athwart a continent. No chain of forts, or deep flowing river, or mountain range, but a line drawn by men upon a map, nearly a century ago, accepted with a handshake, and kept ever since. A boundary which divides two nations, yet marks their friendly meeting ground. The 49th parallel: the only undefended frontier in the world.
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Crazy Credits (Spoken introduction) "I see a long straight line athwart
a continent. No chain of forts, or deep flowing river, or
mountain range, but a line drawn by men upon a map nearly a
century ago, accepted by a handshake and kept ever since.
A boundary which divides two nations yet marks their friendly
meeting grounds, the 49th parallel, the longest undefended
frontier in the world." See more ?
Connections Referenced in "BBC Proms: Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (#1.7)" (2007) See more ?
Soundtracks "The Lake in the Mountains"
Written by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Played by Phyllis Sellick See more ?
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