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49th Parallel (1941) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1941 · 123 mins · English
- Directed by
- Michael Powell
- Starring
- Finlay Currie, Leslie Howard, Anton Walbrook, Laurence Olivier, Niall MacGinnis, Raymond Massey
During the early months of World II a German U‑boat is sunk in Hudson Bay. Lieutenant Hirth leads a small crew of German soldiers northward, hoping to slip across the still‑neutral U.S. border. Along the frozen wilderness they encounter a French‑Canadian trapper, a Hutterite community leader, an author named Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock, each playing a role in the desperate chase.
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