Starring: Raymond Massey, Glynis Johns, Anton Walbrook, Niall MacGinnis, Eric Portman, Finlay Currie, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard

Directed by: Michael Powell

49th Parallel is a powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda, which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked to make a flag waver by the Ministry of Information, the brilliantly gifted film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger elected to set the action in Canada. The film features a stellar cast, who all waived their fees in the interests of the war.

A Nazi U-boat is sunk by the Canadian Air Force and all the crew are lost except six men who had been sent ashore before the attack. They stumble across an Eskimo village where Scott, Peter and his Eskimo servant, Nick live. The Allies send an S.O.S. plane, and it is the intention of the Nazis to hijack it and fly to neutral America.

DVD EXTRAS

Biographies.

Technical Details

Certification: U
Duration: 121 mins
Format: DVD
Region: 2
Cat. No: 3711503093(GRANADA VENTURES LTD) [Silver Collection]
Category: War
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired

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