49th parallel / Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Ltd. ; an Ortus Films production ; original story and screenplay by Emeric Pressburger ; scenario by Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger ; produced and directed by Michael Powell.

49th parallel / Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Ltd. ; an Ortus Films production ; original story and screenplay by Emeric Pressburger ; scenario by Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger ; produced and directed by Michael Powell.

As the voice over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world. The parallel is the goal of a small group of Nazi's, survivors of a U-boat that has been spotted and sunk in Hudson Bay, deep in Canadian waters. The United States is not yet at war with Germany, and if...

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Corporate Contributors: Anglo American Film Corporation, Great Britain. Ministry of Information, Archers (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, Janus Films, General Film Distributors, Ortus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Contributors: Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988, Ackland, Rodney, 1908-1991, Powell, Michael, 1905-1990, Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943, Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989, Massey, Raymond, Walbrook, Anton, 1900-1967, Portman, Eric, 1901-1969, Lovell, Raymond, 1900-1953, MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977, Johns, Glynis, Currie, Finlay, 1878-1968, Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, McGrath, Pat, Millar, Gavin, Chabot, Charles
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2007.
Series:Criterion collection ; 376.
Subjects:
Submarines (Ships) > Germany > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, German > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Drama.
Hutterian Brethren > Canada > Drama.
Cities and towns > Drama.
War films.
Canada > Drama.
United States > Boundaries > Canada > Drama.
Foreign films.
Local Note:Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc two. The supplements. Features: Volunteer / Anglo-American Film Corporation Ltd. presents ; a Ministry of Information film ; a production of The Archers ; written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ; with Ralph Richardson and Pat McGrath (1943) (46 min.)
  • Michael Powell Audio (60 min.)
  • Pretty British affair / BBC ; introduced by Gavin Millar ; written, produced, and directed by Gavin Millar and Charles Chabot (1981) (51 min.).

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