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War, Thriller 123 min NR
Rotten Tomatoes88%IMDb
THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral.
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An incredible journey with the antagonists being the stars. Most WWII films about men behind enemy lines depict the "good guys" I dare say, in the Allies, behind enemy lines. Here, we get the exact opposite, with six Uboat survivors from Germany stuck behind enemy lines. There is so much that is outstanding about this film that it would take pages to explain. It's likely the very film that caused Hitler to put a bounty on Leslie Howard, who ridiculed him with great aplomb, a bounty that may have been the cause of Howard's real life death. Many other behind the scenes ironies in this film. Foremost, it is made in 1941, before December 7, and depicts the U.S. as a neutral nation that the six Germans try to reach. In fact, much of the motif of this film is how Canada was just recently brought into the war. The score is perhaps the greatest in film History. The scenery is spectacular. The beginning narration is superb and dramatic. While the film follows the bafdy guys, we come upon many good guys who meet them one by one, which illustrates the characters of each. What I find remarkable about this film is the insight into what made the German war machine work. The six UBoat survivors a
Read the whole review on TMDBA quirky war film for various reasons, this one. A Nazi submarine crew are raiding North Atlantic shipping when their submarine is destroyed near the Canadian coast. The crew of survivors - led by a curiously cast Eric Portman - take over an Hudson's bay Company post frequented by a French-Canadian Laurence Olivier and Finlay Currie - a redoubtable Scot who is determined not to to stand for this "invasion". What follows is a sightly haphazard series of stories depicting their attempt to make it back to the Fatherland - by just about every means of transport - barring an hot air balloon - known to man at the time. The last half hour picks up the pace cleverly - with a typically civilised performance from Leslie Howard, as the survivors near their goal, demonstrating that the pen may well be mightier than the sword before a final encounter with Raymond Massey. The cast behind the camera is just as notable - Freddie Young and David Lean (editor) work on Emeric Pressberger's story, under Michael Powell's direction to bring the full effects of the wonderful Canadian scenery; light/shades and hues - as well as a good, taut dialogue - much less trite than in some early, more propagandist
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