49th Parallel

1941·123'

Michael Powell

ThrillerWar

Letterboxd TMDB #21735

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.

Cast

Leslie Howard Philip Armstrong Scott Laurence Olivier Johnnie, the Trapper Raymond Massey Andy Brock Anton Walbrook Peter Eric Portman Lieutenant Hirth Raymond Lovell Lieutenant Kuhnecke

Richard George Kommandant Bernsdorff Niall MacGinnis Vogel

Peter Moore Kranz John Chandos Lohrmann Finlay Currie The Factor Glynis Johns Anna