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49th Parallel (1941) [NR]

Release Date:
November 24, 1941

Original Title:
49th Parallel

Alternate Titles:
49. breddegrad
Forty-Ninth Parallel
Gli invasori - 49° parallelo
Paralelo 49
The Invaders
Επιτάφιος για Έναν Κατάσκοπο

Genres:
Thriller | War

Production Companies:
Ortus Films

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14  FR: U  US: NR 

Runtime: 123

THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!

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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.

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Additional Photography:
Osmond Borradaile

Art Direction:
David Rawnsley

Assistant Art Director:
Frederick Pusey
Sydney Streeter

Assistant Director:
Arthur Seabourne

Assistant Production Manager:
Roland Gillett
George H. Brown

Associate Editor:
Hugh Stewart

Camera Operator:
Henty Henty-Creer
Skeets Kelly

Clapper Loader:
Jim Body

Director:
Michael Powell

Director of Photography:
Freddie Young

Editor:
David Lean

Makeup Artist:
George Blackler

Music:
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Music Director:
Muir Mathieson

Original Story:
Emeric Pressburger

Other:
John Sutro

Producer:
Michael Powell

Production Manager:
Harold Boxall

Props:
Peter Cushing

Scenario Writer:
Emeric Pressburger
Rodney Ackland

Screenplay:
Emeric Pressburger

Sound Recordist:
C. C. Stevens
Walter Darling

Sound Supervisor:
A.W. Watkins

Technical Advisor:
Nugent M. Clougher

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