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49th Parallel

(1941)

November 24, 1941 2h 3m
69%
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Overview

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.

Michael Powell

Director

Top Billed Cast

LH

Leslie Howard

Philip Armstrong Scott

LO

Laurence Olivier

Johnnie, the Trapper

RM

Raymond Massey

Andy Brock

AW

Anton Walbrook

Peter

EP

Eric Portman

Lieutenant Hirth

RL

Raymond Lovell

Lieutenant Kuhnecke

RG

Richard George

Kommandant Bernsdorff

NM

Niall MacGinnis

Vogel

PM

Peter Moore

Kranz

JC

John Chandos

Lohrmann

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