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Genre | Action & Adventure |
Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
Contributor | Lewis Gilbert, Dana Wynter, Maurice Denham, Carl Mhner, Michael Goodliffe, Jack Gwillim, Esmond Knight, Kenneth More, Geoffrey Keen, C.S. Forester, Karel Stepanek, Laurence Naismith, Michael Hordern, Jack Watling, Edmund H. North See more |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 1 hour and 37 minutes |
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Product Description
A British captain and his Wren aide lead the 1941 pursuit of the sinister German battleship.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 2007213
- Director : Lewis Gilbert
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 37 minutes
- Release date : May 13, 2008
- Actors : Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Mhner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 1.0), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B00008AOTR
- Writers : C.S. Forester, Edmund H. North
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #31,690 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #401 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #2,559 in Kids & Family DVDs
- #3,197 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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JIMI
The American and Japanese aircraft carriers have generally
gotten most of the cinematic glory in films like "Tora, Tora,
Tora" and "Midway" but in this film we get a glimpse of the
British carriers and their legendary Swordfish torpedo bombers. This biplane aircraft, which looks like
a relic of the First World War, played an important role in the war, not only in the attack on the Bismarck, but also in carrying out the famous devastating attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto which gave the Japanese the idea that they could also carry out a similar torpedo bomber attack at Pearl Harbor.
In this film, we also see the operation of the huge guns of the
battleships and the complicated mechanisms that loaded and aimed them.
One thing mentioned by the other reviewers is that Admiral Lutjens is portrayed as a raving Nazi maniac which they claim is incorrect. I read an article by a German naval officer who was one of the relatively few survivors of the Bismarck and he says that after the sinking of the HMS Hood, he gave a speech to the crew that was strangely depressed and seemed to indicate that they were on a suicide mission. This demoralized the crew since it seemed that they had just won a big victory. When looked at objectively, the mission of the Bismarck does seem strange, since he could have turned back once detected in the North Sea. Some speculated that he thought the war was lost (although the Bismarck sailed in May 1941 which was a month before Germany's suicidal invasion of the USSR, at a time when Germany seemed to be unstoppable) and so he perhaps thought to go out in a blaze of glory. After all, the Bismarck task force consisted of only one other ship (the Prinz Eugen), so no matter how powerful their guns were, the British had superiority in numbers in the Atlantic, so it would only be a matter of time before the Bismarck would be cornered, as had happened to the Graf Spee earlier in the war.
The film also shows the classic British "stiff-upper-lip" mentality that got them through the very difficult period before the USSR and US entered the war. All-in-all, a film well worth seeing.
The movie action shifts from the war room to the ships at sea carrying out the orders. The hunt strategy is well put forth in the English war room in London. The personal elements of the English combatants are handled nicely. The Germans, Captain Lindemann and Fleet Commander Luetjens, however, are portrayed as less human and with an ax to grind for the glory of Germany, the Fuehrer, and their own careers, particularly with Fleet Commander Luetjens on the Bismarck.
This one has superb acting by Kenneth Moore and reflects the war room scenes quite realistically. Kenneth More interacts with his attractive female assistant. A work relationship develops that has an implied future. The feeling of the movie is definitely "documentary" mode.
By the way, the Bismarck was found and photographed by the National Geographic Magazine on the bottom of the sea. The photographs revealed her forward 15 inch gun turrets were missing. Only two holes showed. The heavy turrets were kept in place simply by gravity. As the ship went down, she rolled and the turrets fell out. See http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographics-Search-Battleship-Bismarck/dp/6304475829