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En la primera gran batalla naval de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la armada británica debe encontrar y destruir un poderoso buque de guerra alemán.En la primera gran batalla naval de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la armada británica debe encontrar y destruir un poderoso buque de guerra alemán.En la primera gran batalla naval de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la armada británica debe encontrar y destruir un poderoso buque de guerra alemán.
- Nominado a 3 premios BAFTA
- 3 nominaciones en total
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- CuriosidadesAttention to detail was particularly important to the producers, so all of the naval procedures depicted in this movie are completely accurate. The scene where Harwood meets with his Captains on board the Ajax, however, was a fictitious one, created in order to explain the situation to the audience.
- PifiasIn the opening scenes the German sailors are carrying American Thompson M1A1 sub-machine guns instead of German weapons such as the MP38 or MP40.
- Citas
Captain Langsdorff 'Admiral Graff Spee': [to Captain Dove] Every commander is alone, Captain.
- Créditos adicionalesH.M.S. Sheffield as H.M.S. Ajax
- ConexionesFeatured in The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966)
- Banda sonoraCabalgata de los Gauchos
(uncredited)
Music by Brian Easdale
Lyrics by Manuel Salina
Performed by Muriel Smith
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Intriguing Marriage of Talents
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE, a docu-drama on the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, represents an interesting marriage of talents. One the one hand the film is written and directed by the Powell-Pressburger team, a fact that ensures that its quality is lifted above the run-of-the-mill war films of the period. Whereas films such as REACH FOR THE SKY (also 1956) focused on notions of British heroism under overwhelming odds, THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE looks at the experiences of those involved in conflict at sea, whether British or German. On the other hand the cast contains just about every leading male actor of the period - a prime example of the Rank Organization's doomed attempt to replicate the star-laden productions popular in Hollywood at that time. Sometimes the experience of watching the film becomes an exercise in actor-recognition: Peter Finch, Anthony Quayle, John Gregson and Ian Hunter all have leading roles, supported by stalwart character actors such as Bernard Lee, Michael Goodliffe and David Farrar (as the narrator), with John le Mesurier turning up in a cameo role. Nonetheless THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE is worth watching, not least because of its balanced treatment of both sides involved in the conflict. We learn a lot about Captain Langdsorff's (Finch's( qualities at the helm of the Graf Spee; he is not only an adept sailor, but he knows how to treat British prisoners-of-war fairly. His character seems more sympathetic as compared with (say) Quayle's more bluff British Commodore Harwood. In terms of special effects the battle-sequences seem a little primitive as compared to today's epics, but the characterization and plotting remain as sharp and incisive as in other Powell/Pressburger movies.
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- 14 dic 2013
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- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Pursuit of the Graf Spee
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Harbour, Montevideo, Uruguay(harbour scenes - showing crowds)
- Empresa productora
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- Duración1 hora 59 minutos
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By what name was La batalla del Río de la Plata (1956) officially released in India in English?
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