Silver Screen Collection: The Battle of the River Plate / Above Us the Waves / 49th Parallel
A triple feature set. 'The Battle of the River Plate' (1956) - Ten days before the outbreak of WWII, a powerful German battleship sails around the South Atlantic destroying Allied merchant ships. 'Above Us the Waves' (1955) - The battle of the Atlantic is raging and British ships are desperately needed. Most, however, are surrounding the deadly German Battleship, Tirpitz. '49th Parallel' (1941) - 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.
Year: 1956
Genre: War and Anti-War Films, Special Editions
Country: UK
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Ralph Thomas
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, John Gregson, Peter Finch, John Mills, Anton Walbrook, Donald Sinden, Anthony Quayle
Duration: 342 Minutes
Rating: PG
Location in store: War
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