The Enemy Below/Sink the Bismarck! DVD
Starring Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Doug McClure, Russell Collins, David Hedison, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keeu, Bernd Stephan, Maurice Denham, Karel Stepanek, Michael Hordern, John Horsley, Kurt Kreuger, Frank Albertson, Biff Elliot, Alan Dexter
Directed by Dick Powell
DVD
Description
A double bill of naval World War 2 films. 'The Enemy Below' takes place in the North Atlantic.
An American destroyer detects a German U-boat and the US commander, Captain Murrell (Robert Mitchum), embarks on a game of cat and mouse with his German counterpart (Curt Jurgens).
Walter Rossi won an Oscar for his special effects. Whilst 'Sink the Bismarck!' is Lewis Gilbert's dramatic re-telling of the Allied mission in the Spring of 1941 to find and destroy Germany's largest battleship, the Bismarck.
The story is told from two angles, the ships involved and the war-room in London where Captain John Shepherd (Kenneth More) plots the manouevres using models of the ships.
Shepherd has an emotional reason for wanting the battleship sunk, his wife was recently killed in a German raid on London and his son is missing in action, and struggles to keep his emotions in line whilst making decisions that effect hundreds of lives.
The final scenes are a mixture of newsreel of the battle and up-dated special effects.
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(PG)
- EAN:5039036012089
- Catalogue number:23469DVD
- Studio:20th Century Studios
- Release date:02/06/2003
- Genre:War
- Colour:Col & B/W
Information
-
Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(PG)
- EAN:5039036012089
- Catalogue number:23469DVD
- Studio:20th Century Studios
- Release date:02/06/2003
- Genre:War
- Colour:Col & B/W
