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German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.
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- 1 nomination
Mylène Demongeot
- Zizi
- (as Mylene Demongeot)
Grégoire Aslan
- il comandante a bordo dell'Abdullah
- (as Gregoire Aslan)
Gian Maria Volontè
- Samuel Braunstein
- (as Gianmaria Volontè)
Edith Peters
- Una suora
- (as Edith Arlene Peters)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJames Mason and Laurence Olivier were the two front runners for the role eventually played by Charles Laughton.
- GoofsAlthough this movie is supposed to be based on fact, the scene in which the spy breaks into the Germany Navy code room is fiction. In fact, the British code breakers at Bletchley Park had already broken the German codes and knew how to pinpoint Atlantis. However, to keep the Germans from knowing this, various cover stories were invented during the war. This error is not the fault of the film makers as this information wasn't revealed to the general public until 1974, 14 years after this movie was made.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: HOWEVER INCREDIBLE THEY MAY SEEM THE EVENTS NARRATED IN THIS PICTURE ACTUALLY OCCURRED
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A gem worth seeing
I agree with most of the positive reviews here. This is an interesting and entertaining film.
On the negative side, Charles Laughton seemed to be channeling Winston Churchill. This is somewhat confusing as Churchill was head of the admiralty at one time.
I have no objections whatsoever to seeing the wondrous Mylene D., but were shorts THAT short in the 1940s??? It seems very obvious that she was added to the movie as 'sex appeal' (either that, or she was the producer's girl friend).
And did they have invisible-to-the-naked eye rays as protective devices for valuable items back then? I've never seen a film from that time period with that particular gimmick. Under Ten Flags was actually made in 1960, but use of the rays for that purpose seems to be a more modern invention (than the film's time setting.) These are mere quibbles. See it.
On the negative side, Charles Laughton seemed to be channeling Winston Churchill. This is somewhat confusing as Churchill was head of the admiralty at one time.
I have no objections whatsoever to seeing the wondrous Mylene D., but were shorts THAT short in the 1940s??? It seems very obvious that she was added to the movie as 'sex appeal' (either that, or she was the producer's girl friend).
And did they have invisible-to-the-naked eye rays as protective devices for valuable items back then? I've never seen a film from that time period with that particular gimmick. Under Ten Flags was actually made in 1960, but use of the rays for that purpose seems to be a more modern invention (than the film's time setting.) These are mere quibbles. See it.
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- mikeolliffe
- Sep 8, 2012
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ispod deset zastava
- Filming locations
- Syracuse, Sicily, Italy(ships at sea)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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