Meritiikeri

Original title: We Dive at Dawn

19431943
SS
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Action Drama War

All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Anthony Asquith
Writers
- J.B. Williams(story)
- Val Valentine(story)
- Frank Launder(uncredited)
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John Mills, Eric Portman, Reginald Purdell, and Jack Watling in Meritiikeri (1943)

Trivia
Initially telecast in Los Angeles, 3/20/50 on KECA (Channel 7), and in New York City, 9/23/50 on WCBS (Channel 2). Since it had never previously been commercially released in the US, these presentations also constituted its US theatrical premieres.

Goofs
The sub is submerged; the Captain is using the periscope to view a target. He then orders a 15 degree turn, but the Captain continues to view the target without moving the periscope to adjust for the turn.

Quotes
[LS Hobson volunteers to go ashore on a dangerous mission]
Lt. Freddie Taylor: [worried] You realize, Hobson, that if you're caught in a German uniform, then it *won't* just be a question being *taken prisoner*-!
L / S. Hobson: There's nobody to cry for *me*, sir.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: H. M. S. "Sea Tiger"

Connections
Edited into WW II Theater: We Dive at Dawn (2022)

Soundtracks
Thora
(uncredited)
Written by Stephen Adams and Frederick Edward Weatherly

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Review

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Engine room scenes

I very much agree with the comment about the verisimilitude of the control room dialogue and action during the torpedo shoot. However, the scenes that really struck me most forcibly as realistic were those in the engine room during the episode where the Baltic A/S net was penetrated. The mechanician operating the electric motor was (in my opinion!) definitely not an actor - he was a matelot doing his regular job, and he was obviously jolly proud of it too. The repetition of these "ahead/astern" scenes suggests that the director was as fascinated as I was. The film is and will remain well worth watching for scenes like these. And for our US friends who find the dialogue difficult - well, I often use the subtitles option when watching modern Hollywood action films, like "Get Shorty". Doesn't stop my enjoyment, and I can then understand about 90% on a second unaided viewing!

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