Under Ten Flags (1960)
"Sotto dieci bandiere" (original title)

Director:

Duilio Coletti

Writers:

Bernhard Rogge (diaries), Vittoriano Petrilli (screenplay),

Stars:

Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylène Demongeot

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Van Heflin	...	Captain Bernhard Rogge
Charles Laughton	...	Admiral Russell
Mylène Demongeot	...	Zizi
John Ericson	...	Krüger
Cecil Parker	...	Col. Howard
Folco Lulli	...	Paco
Alex Nicol	...	Knoche
Liam Redmond	...	Windsor
Eleonora Rossi Drago	...	Elsa
John Lee
Ralph Truman	...	Adm. Benson
Grégoire Aslan	...	Master of Abdullah
Peter Carsten	...	Lt. Mohr
Helmut Schmid
Gian Maria Volonté	...	Samuel Braunstein (as Gianmaria Volontè)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

nazi | sinking | world war two | british | sensor beam | 

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Taglines:

Sensational 665-Day Pursuit of the Killer-Ship Atlantis!

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

Italy USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 September 1960 (USA)

Also Known As:

Under Ten Flags

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The ship, Abdullah, that caused so much consternation to the Atlantis is the fictional name for the British ship, Kemmendine.

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Goofs

Although this movie is supposed to be based on fact, the scene in which the spy breaks into the Germany Navy code room is fiction. In fact, the British code breakers at Bletchley Park had already broken the German codes and knew how to pinpoint Atlantis. However, to keep the Germans from knowing that the British had broken their codes, various cover stories were invented during the war. This error is not the fault of the film makers as this information was revealed to the general public until 1974, 14 years after this movie was made.

User Reviews

I am a WWII collector fan.,owning over 700 movies.,many dealing with this subject.

Under Ten Flags..Is in my opinion one of the best acted and directed movies dealing with world war II. It depicts a man's duty to country.. his personal honor to himself in up-holding honest and humanitarian beliefs even when required to do his duty and kill the enemy. The lead is by veteran actor Van Heflin.,who plays the captain of the German Raider "Atlantis".,this is based on a true story and facts of the german surface raider "Pacas" during world war two. This type of war movie needs to be returned to the screen to show our younger generation that although war is brutal and even unavoidable man can still win or lose with dignity and honour. I would like to see this movie made available on Video and returned to TV.