San Demetrio London

Synopsis

British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.

Main Cast

Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Ralph Michael

2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : 87 | Popularity : 29%

Neville Mapp

3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Barry Letts

Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : 84 | Popularity : 18%

Frederick Piper

Boatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Gordon Jackson

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : 66 | Popularity : 75%

Robert Beatty

'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 35%

Mervyn Johns

Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

Age : 93 | Popularity : 35%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Charles Frend
Production	Producer	Robert Hamer Michael Balcon
Writing	Writer	Robert Hamer Charles Frend F. Tennyson Jesse
Sound	Music	John Greenwood
Crew	Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Editing	Editor	Eily Boland
Department	Role	Name

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