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Original title

49th Parallelaka

AKA

The Invaders

Year

1941

Running time

132 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Michael Powell

Screenwriter

Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland

Cast

Music

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Cinematography

Freddie Young (B&W)

Producer

Ortus Films, Columbia Pictures

Genre

War | II World War. Nazism

Synopsis

Michael Powell directed this odd wartime propaganda film, set in Canada, before the American entry into WWII. A German U-boat has infiltrated the Canadian coastline, seeking to attack and subvert our neighbors to the North, before Uncle sam can wake up and get into the fight. The Canucks make short work of the Nazi, sub, sinking it in Hudson Bay, but a reconnaissance team, now stranded in Newfoundland, sets out to smuggle themselves into the US, where, sheltered by American neutrality, they intend on spreading Nazi propaganda, or perhaps even blowing up the American capitol, or some other act of terrorism.

Awards: 1942: Oscar: Best Story. 3 Nominations

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49th Parallel

1941

Michael Powell

6.7

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