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Above Us the Waves: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice. The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
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- Drama, War
- Ralph Thomas
- 1956-10-26
Above Us the Waves is a 1955 British war film about human torpedo and midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship Tirpitz.Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British commando frogmen, first using Chariot manned torpedoes in Operation Title in 1942, and then X-Craft midget submarines in Operation Source in 1943.
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Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review andy f A competent World War II movie made only a decade after the end of the war. Told with little drama but a bit of cinematic ...
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- Ralph Thomas
- Adventure
- John Mills
While some German crew are aggressive, attempting to machine gun the men in the water, the captain of Tirpitz (O. E. Hasse) salutes them as "brave men", providing them blankets and schnapps. The X-1 is also forced to bail out as their engine is damaged. The mines explode as planned, badly damaging Tirpitz. The crew of the stranded X2, hearing ...
