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Forty-Ninth Parallel / The Invaders / 49th Parallel

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  Forty-Ninth Parallel / The Invaders / 49th Parallel Review
Tookey's Rating
6 /10
 
Average Rating
7.50 /10
 
Starring
Eric Portman , Laurence Olivier , Anton Walbrook
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Directed by: Michael Powell
Written by: Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland from Emeric Pressburger's story

 
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Released: 1941
   
Genre: DRAMA
WAR
WORLD WAR II
   
Origin: GB
   
Length: 105
 
 


 
U-boat commander (Eric Portman, pictured) stranded in Canada with some of his men encounters various people who teach him lessons about peace, democracy, freedom, etc.
Reviewed by Chris Tookey



Preachy, picaresque wartime melodrama by Powell and Pressburger, making the most of a strong cast.


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