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49th Parallel (1941)
Directed by Michael Powell
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.
Rated NR | Length 123 minutes
Actors
Leslie Howard | Laurence Olivier | Raymond Massey | Adolf Wohlbrück | Eric Portman | Raymond Lovell | Richard George | Niall MacGinnis | Peter Moore | John Chandos | Finlay Currie | Glynis Johns | Basil Appleby | Ley On | Charles Victor | Frederick Piper | Tawera Moana | Eric Clavering | Charles Rolfe | Theodore Salt | O.W. Fonger | George Alexander | Robert Beatty | Eric Berry | Gron Davies | Leslie Falardeau | Lionel Grose | Stuart Latham | Norman Luxton | Vincent Massey | Percy Parsons | Gerry Wilmot | Jack Hynes