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The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
Carl Möhner
- Kapitän Ernst Lindemann
- (as Carl Mohner)
Jack Gwillim
- Commodore Wilfrid Patterson - HMS King George V
- (as Jack Gwillam)
‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Bismarck's crew was made up of just over two thousand men. Following her sinking, only 114 survivors were rescued from the sea, 110 of them by HMS Dorsetshire and the Tribal-class destroyer HMS Maori. The rescue of survivors was called off by the captain of HMS Dorsetshire amid reports that a U-Boat may be in the area.
- GoofsThe characterization of Admiral Gunther Lütjens in this movie is wildly inaccurate. He is shown as a zealot, a fanatic, denying reality until the end. In fact, Lütjens was a thoughtful, even morose figure - some survivors claimed that his tendency for fatalism damaged their morale. Absurdly, on screen the Admiral tells his men to "remember you are Nazis!" Lütjens was not a Nazi (very much the opposite, to the extent that he famously refused to perform the Nazi salute for Hitler before the Bismarck set sail), nor were the vast majority of his officers and crew.
- Quotes
[to his assistant Anne Davis, after the battle]
Captain Jonathan Shepard: Take a message: "Request pleasure of the company of Second Officer Anne Davis at dinner."
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: LONDON MAY 1941
- ConnectionsEdited from Torpilles sous l'Atlantique (1957)
Featured review
This is a little known war time epic movie that should rank with the likes of "Patton". The story is about the grudge match that's spawned from sinking of battleship Hood by the German battleship Bismark. A full blown search for the German battleship by the British navy takes place to hunt down and sink the Bismark. Acting is first class, and although the special effects have something to be desired by today's standard, movie none the less conveys the tension and excitement of what probably was the greatest and the final naval conflict between battleships. In recent years Bob Ballard and the Oceanographic Institute rediscovered the sunken remains of the battleship Bismark which confirmed the ferocity of the fire power that was exchanged in this naval warfare. This movie gets mentioned by movie producers of today when they sight their seminal influence it had on some of their plot lines, which attests to its production value. The sub plot which unfolds between Kenneth Moore and Dana Wynter is also written superbly. A good war time semi documentary that's worth seeing.
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,330,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
- 2.35 : 1
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