49th Parallel

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Leslie Howard

Philip Armstrong Scott

Age : 50 | Popularity : 10%

Laurence Olivier

Johnnie, the Trapper

Age : 82 | Popularity : 19%

Raymond Massey

Andy Brock

Age : 86 | Popularity : 13%

Adolf Wohlbrück

Peter

Age : 70 | Popularity : 10%

Eric Portman

Lieutenant Hirth

Age : 68 | Popularity : 10%

Raymond Lovell

Lieutenant Kuhnecke

Age : 53 | Popularity : 5%

Richard George

Kommandant Bernsdorff

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Niall MacGinnis

Vogel

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Props	Peter Cushing
	Assistant Art Director	Sydney Streeter Frederick Pusey
	Art Direction	David Rawnsley
Camera	Director of Photography	Freddie Young
	Additional Photography	Osmond Borradaile
	Camera Operator	Skeets Kelly Henty Henty-Creer
	Clapper Loader	Jim Body
Production	Assistant Production Manager	George H. Brown Roland Gillett
	Producer	Michael Powell
	Other	John Sutro
	Production Manager	Harold Boxall
Editing	Editor	David Lean
	Associate Editor	Hugh Stewart
Sound	Music Director	Muir Mathieson
	Sound Supervisor	A.W. Watkins
	Music	Ralph Vaughan Williams
	Sound Recordist	C. C. Stevens Walter Darling
Writing	Screenplay	Emeric Pressburger
	Original Story	Emeric Pressburger
	Scenario Writer	Emeric Pressburger Rodney Ackland
Directing	Director	Michael Powell
	Assistant Director	Arthur Seabourne
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	George Blackler
Crew	Technical Advisor	Nugent M. Clougher
Department	Role	Name

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