Nazis were not the only ones who were good at propaganda. The purpose for making this film was to help sway opinions in still-neutral USA at the dawn of World War II. Short review, trailer, basic movie info and full movie 49th Parallel online.
Six crew members of a German U-boat find themselves stranded on the shores of Canada, when their U-boat is sunk in Hudson Bay. It's early in the war and The United States are still neutral, so the way home for the German sailors leads through them and along the way they try to win the sympathy of the local population.
Director: Michael Powell
Writers: Emeric Pressburger (original story and screenplay), Rodney Ackland (scenario), Emeric Pressburger (scenario)
Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier and Richard George
Ratings: IMDB 7.4 RottenTomatoes 7.1
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