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49th Parallel

THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!

1941 · NR · 2h 3m

Directed by Michael Powell

7.0

TMDB audience score
131 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Leslie Howard
    Philip Armstrong Scott

  • Laurence Olivier
    Johnnie, the Trapper

  • Raymond Massey
    Andy Brock

  • Anton Walbrook
    Peter

  • Eric Portman
    Lieutenant Hirth

  • Raymond Lovell
    Lieutenant Kuhnecke

  • Richard George
    Kommandant Bernsdorff

  • Niall MacGinnis
    Vogel

  • Peter Moore
    Kranz

  • John Chandos
    Lohrmann

  • Finlay Currie
    The Factor

  • Glynis Johns
    Anna

  • Basil Appleby
    Jahner

  • Ley On
    Nick - the Eskimo

  • Charles Victor
    Andreas

  • Frederick Piper
    David

  • Tawera Moana
    George, the Indian

  • Eric Clavering
    Art