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49th Parallel: Directed by Michael Powell. With Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier, Anton Walbrook. A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
What is 49th Parallel about? 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 (Eric Portman) attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral.
Among the movie's less obvious but equally compelling attributes is the alternately haunting and majestic music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the reigning giant of 20th century British music, who made his motion picture debut with 49th Parallel at the age of sixty nine. 49th Parallel also employed the services of two star cinematographers, Freddy ...
Edit page. 49th Parallel: Directed by Michael Powell. With Richard George, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis. A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
49th Parallel is 7819 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 5063 places since yesterday. In Canada, it is currently more popular than Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga but less popular than The Hero.
- 123 min
179 IMDb 7.3 2 h 1 min 1942. 13+. Suspense · Drama · Military and War · Serious. ads Free with ads on Freevee. More purchase. options. Details.
Watch 49th Parallel and more new movie premieres on Max. Plans start at $9.99/month. The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II.
