Release Date: Nov 30, 1956 Wide
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Widely regarded as one of the best and most intelligent British war dramas of the 1950s, The Battle of River Plate is the story of Britain's first significant naval victory in WW2. John Gregson heads the cast as Captain Bell, skipper of the Exeter, one of several vessels engaged in pursuit of the "indestructable" Geman battleship Graf Spee. Taking refuge in the neutral harbor of Montevideo, the Graf Spee is covertly protected by the Uruguayan government. Eventually, however, German captain
Nov 30, 1956 Wide
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The miniature work is excellent and physical production impressive even as the filmmakers constantly deny the spectacle of battle to focus on the people...
... a rather routine chronicle of the capture of the feared German battleship the Graf Spee.
An excellent account of of one the first major battles at sea in World War II. Three Royal Navy cruisers take on a much more powerful German pocket battleship off the coast of South America in December 1939. The film faithfully shows the humanity and mutual respect of the naval commanders on both sides.
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