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49th Parallel (1941)
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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 PowellWriters:Emeric Pressburger (original story and screenplay), Rodney Ackland (scenario), and 1 more credit » |
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Richard George | ... |
Kommandant Bernsdorff
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Eric Portman | ... |
Lieutenant Hirth
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Raymond Lovell | ... |
Lieutenant Kuhnecke
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Niall MacGinnis | ... |
Vogel
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Peter Moore | ... |
Kranz
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John Chandos | ... |
Lohrmann
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Basil Appleby | ... |
Jahner
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Johnnie - the Trapper
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Finlay Currie | ... |
The Factor
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Ley On | ... |
Nick - the Eskimo
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Anton Walbrook | ... |
Peter
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Anna
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Charles Victor | ... |
Andreas
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Frederick Piper | ... |
David
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Philip Armstrong Scott
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Storyline
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>
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49ème parallèle See more »Box Office
Budget:
£132,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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| USA: | USA: (TV version: M-G-M print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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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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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 »
Written by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Played by Phyllis Sellick See more »
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Trivia
Esmond Knight was first choice to play Lieutenant Hirth, but he had enlisted in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: On the map of North America shown after the opening credits, the eastern boundary of North Dakota is inaccurately drawn, bulging out well into Minnesota, where in fact the border between the states is an almost straight, though slightly slanted, line. See more »Quotes
[first lines]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 athwarta 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 »
Soundtracks
"The Lake in the Mountains"Written by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Played by Phyllis Sellick See more »
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