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    Added on: 18/4/2002 23:01
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    49th Parallel (UK)

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    Filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 116 mins
    Retail Price: £9.99
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    Synopsis:
    49th Parallel is a powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda, which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked to make a flag waver by the Ministry of Information, the brilliantly gifted film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger elected to set the action in Canada. The film features a stellar cast, who all waived their fees in the interests of the war.
    A Nazi U-boat is sunk by the Canadian Air Force and all the crew are lost except six men who had been sent ashore before the attack. They stumble across an Eskimo village where Scott, Peter and his Eskimo servant, Martin live. Also present is a French trapper, Johnnie (played by Laurence Olivier), who panics when held at gunpoint and is shot by one of the Nazis. After this the Allies send an S.O.S. plane, and it is the intention of the Nazis to hijack it and fly to neutral America. When the plane arrives, there is a scuffle but they manage to take off. Will they be caught before they kill again?

    Special Features:
    Biographies

    Video Tracks:
    Standard 1.33:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono English

    Directed By:
    Michael Powell

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Raymond Lovell
    Laurence Olivier
    Raymond Massey
    Richard George
    Leslie Howard

    Soundtrack By:
    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Director of Photography:
    Freddie Young

    Editor:
    David Lean

    Producer:
    John Sutro
    Michael Powell
    Roland Gillett
    George H. Brown

    Distributor:
    Carlton

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