Country: UK
Year: 1941
Duration: 123'
A German submarine is sunk in the Hudson Bay. The surviving Nazis cross Canada to reach the United States, which is still neutral. A bizarre war movie, tense, enthralling, which plays on the libertarian feelings which all the ethnicities, cultures, and religions which compose the Canadian melting pot share, from the Native Canadians to the Amish. A great cast (Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey), the first collaboration with Anton Walbrook (P&P’s beloved actor), an Oscar to Pressburger for the screenplay.
Biography
film director
Michael Powell
Michael Powell (Bekesbourne, UK, 1905 - Avening, UK, 1990) started his collaboration with Emerich Pressburger (Miskolc, Hungary, 1902 - Saxstead, UK, 1988) in 1939. In 1943 they formed their own production company, Archers Film Productions. They made nineteen films together, such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). The Archers Film Productions came to an end in 1957 and the pair separated to pursue their individual careers (Powell in 1960 directed Peeping Tom) but they remained devoted friends for the rest of their lives.
FILMOGRAFIA
Michael Powell:
Two Crowded Hours (mm, 1931), My Friend the King (mm, 1931), Rynox (mm, 1931), The Rasp (mm, 1931), The Star Reporter (mm, 1931), Hotel Splendide (mm, 1932), C.O.D. (1932), His Lordship (1932), Born Lucky (1932), The Fire Raisers (1933), The Night of the Party (1933), Red Ensign (Vessillo rosso, 1934), Something Always (1934), The Girl in the Crowd (mm, 1934), Lazybones (1935), The Love Test (1935), The Phantom Light (1935), The Price of a Song (1935), Someday (1935), Her Last Affaire (1936), The Brown Wallet (1936), Crown V. Stevens (1936), The Man Behind the Mask (1936), The Edge of the World (Ai confini del mondo, 1937), The Spy in Black (La spia in nero, 1939), The Lion Has Wings (Leoni dell’aria, doc., 1939), Contraband (Contrabbando, 1940), The Thief of Bagdad (coregia/codirector Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, Il ladro di Bagdad, 1940), An Airman’s Letter to His Mother (cm, 1941), 49th Parallel (Gli invasori/49° parallelo, 1941), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Volo senza ritorno, 1942), The Sorcerer’s Apprendice (cm, 1955), Honeymoon (1959), Peeping Tom (L’occhio che uccide, 1960), The Queen’s Guards (Le guardie della Regina, 1961), Never Turn Back On a Friend (mm, tv, 1963), A Free Agent (mm, tv, 1964), The Bluebeard’s Castle (1964), The Sworn Twelve (mm, tv, 1965), A 398 46 (mm, tv, 1965), They’re a Weird Mob (Sono strana gente, 1966), Age of Consent (L’età del consenso, 1968), The Boy Who Turned Yellow (Il ragazzo che diventò giallo, 1972), Return to the Edge of the World (tv, 1978).
Michael Powell, Emerich Pressburger:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Duello a Berlino, 1943), The Volunteer (Il volontario, 1943), A Canterbury Tale (Un racconto di Canterbury, 1944), I Know Where I’m Going (So dove vado, 1945), Black Narcissus (Narciso nero, 1947), The Red Shoes (Scarpette rosse, 1948), The Small Back Room (1949), Gone to Earth (La volpe, 1950), The Elusive Pimpernel (L’inafferrabile Primula Rossa, 1950), The Tales of Hoffmann (I racconti di Hoffmann, 1951), Oh... Rosalinda!! (id., 1955), The Battle of the River Plate (La battaglia di Rio della Plata, 1956), Ill Met by Moonlight (Colpo di mano a Creta, 1956). Cast
& Credits
regia, produttore/director, producer
Michael Powell
soggetto/story
Emeric Pressburger
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland
fotografia/cinematography
Frederick Young
montaggio/film editing
David Lean
musica/music
Ralph Vaughan Williams
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Eric Portman (Hirth), Richard George (Bernsdorff), Raymond Lovell (Kuhnecker), Niall MacGinnis (Vogel), Laurence Olivier (Johnnie), Anton Walbrook (Peter), Leslie Howard (Philip Armstrong Scott), Raymond Massey (Andy Brock)
produzione/production
Ortus Film, Ministry of Information
Michael Powell
soggetto/story
Emeric Pressburger
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland
fotografia/cinematography
Frederick Young
montaggio/film editing
David Lean
musica/music
Ralph Vaughan Williams
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Eric Portman (Hirth), Richard George (Bernsdorff), Raymond Lovell (Kuhnecker), Niall MacGinnis (Vogel), Laurence Olivier (Johnnie), Anton Walbrook (Peter), Leslie Howard (Philip Armstrong Scott), Raymond Massey (Andy Brock)
produzione/production
Ortus Film, Ministry of Information
