Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman, Finlay Currie
A damaged U-boat is stranded in a Canadian bay in the early years of World War II. The Fanatical Nazi captain and his crew must reach the neutral United States or be captured. Along the way they meet ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007
Stats: 79 reviews
Man, who would of thought that the Nazi road trip genre would never take off?
The duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, also known as the Archers, released this propaganda film in 1941 with intentions to convince the Americans to enter the second World War. The idea was ...( read more)
Suspenseful road movie. Interesting look at Canadian countrysides and villagers. Character study of marooned German U-boat soldiers trying to blend in till they can make their way to the safe US border (takes place before the US entered World War II).
The Archers were still finding their feet here and this picture is not in the same class as their very best work of the Forties. Nevertheless, it transcends its propagandistic raison d'etre (of keeping our Canadian allies sweet during WWII) and, though episodic and sometimes prea...( read more)
I was under the impression that this movie was some sort of spy thriller, but I was mistaken, it?s actually a pretty obvious WW2 era British propaganda movie intended to be against Nazi?s and American Isolationism (this was pre-Pearl Harbor), and also to be a celebration of the C...( read more)
Yet another solid Powell & Pressburger film, fantastic cast with a great ending. Has a real Anti-Nazi theme, but as I always say "Hitler Was Wrong!"
The first hour was good, but then my DVD stopped playing. Damn you god!
Fine story line, but what I really like is the wonderful score by Vaughan Williams. He clearly took his film-score composing as seriously as he did for his symphonies, etc,
A very well made war time triller made in 1941 Tell you what - I was glued to the idiot box trying to figure out what will happen to the Nazi U-boat Survivors as they travel across Canada to return to Germany via then still Neutral Uncle SAM - 4 Stars for me !
An earlier and more straight-forward approach to their typically courageous filmmaking. Powell & Pressburger team up and make a film about...Canada!
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