Movie
49th Parallel
Overview
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. 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.
Details
- Release date
- 1941-11-24
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- War, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ortus Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
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
- Richard George as Kommandant Bernsdorff
- Niall MacGinnis as Vogel
- Peter Moore as Kranz
- John Chandos as Lohrmann
- Finlay Currie as The Factor
- Glynis Johns as Anna
Crew
- Michael Powell - Director
- Emeric Pressburger - Screenplay
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