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7.0In 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. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
Released: 1941-11-24123 minDir: Michael PowellWar, ThrillerBudget: $140,000Box office: $5.3M
Cast
- Leslie Howard as Philip Armstrong Scott
- Laurence Olivier as Johnnie, the Trapper
- Raymond Massey as Andy Brock
- Anton Walbrook as Peter
- Eric Portman as Lieutenant Hirth
- Raymond Lovell as Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Themes
- canada
- airplane
- nazi
- escape
- propaganda
- world war ii
- mountain
- impostor
- war propaganda
- impersonation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Screenwriter
- Emeric Pressburger
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Cinematographer
- Q965659
- Narrative location
- Canada
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 456289
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1942-04-15
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- film editor
- David Lean
- title
- 49th Parallel
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 87%
- capital cost
- 132000
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