United Kingdom
1941
123 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
English
376
At once a compelling piece of anti-isolationist propaganda and a quick-witted wartime thriller, 49th Parallel is a classic early work from the inimitable British filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. When a Nazi U-boat crew, headed by the ruthless Eric Portman, is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities, before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States. Both soul-stirring and delightfully entertaining, 49th Parallel features a colorful cast of characters played by larger-than-life actors Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook, and Leslie Howard.
| Philip Armstrong Scott | Leslie Howard |
| Lieutenant Hirth | Eric Portman |
| Andy Brock | Raymond Massey |
| Johnnie | Laurence Olivier |
| Peter | Anton Walbrook |
| Lieutenant Kuhnecke | Raymond Lovell |
| Vogel | Niall MacGinnis |
| Anna | Glynis Johns |
| The Factor | Finlay Currie |
| Director | Michael Powell |
| Original story and screenplay | Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer | Michael Powell |
| Scenario | Emeric Pressburger and Rodney Ackland |
| Music | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Cinematography | Frederick Young |
| Editing | David Lean |
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
From Contraband in 1940 to A Matter of Life and Death in 1946, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger applied themselves single-mindedly to making films—eight of them in all—in direct and indirect support of the British war effort and its aftermath. Although they maintained a close...
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