The Battle of the River Plate 1956

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 112 min

theme: war

director: Emeric Pressburger

Score: 4 / 10

The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.

Plot

In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The heavily armed German pocket battleship the Admiral Graf Spee sinks a British merchant vessel, the Africa Shell. The Africa Shell's crew is brought aboard the Admiral Graf Spee. The Admiral Graf Spee docks with its supply ship and more captured British seamen are brought aboard. Three weeks later, the Admiral Graf Spee sinks another British vessel, the Doric Star. Her crew is also brought aboard.

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More details

author	Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell
contentLocation	Uruguay
director	Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell
editor	Reginald Mills
events	Battle of the River Plate
keywords	admiral graf spee africa shell aircraft carrier bell capture charles woodhouse deutschland-class cruiser dive doric star edward parry f. s. bell flagship force hans langsdorff harwood henry harwood hunt intern internment kriegsmarine merchant marine merchant raider montevideo ms africa shell nazi germany parry patrick dove pocket battleship río de la plata river river plate royal navy scuttle second world war ship south america ss doric star woodhouse world war world war ii
musicBy	Brian Easdale
producer	Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell
publisher	Rank Organisation
recordedAt	Malta Pinewood Studios
theme	war