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49th Parallel (1941)

NR ★ 6.9/10 123 min War, Thriller United Kingdom English
Screenplay by: Emeric Pressburger
Original Story: Emeric Pressburger
Scenario Writers: Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
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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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Top Cast

Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Philip Armstrong Scott
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier Johnnie, the Trapper
Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey Andy Brock
Anton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook Peter
Eric Portman
Eric Portman Lieutenant Hirth
Raymond Lovell
Raymond Lovell Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Richard George Kommandant Bernsdorff
Niall MacGinnis
Niall MacGinnis Vogel

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