The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
67 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael PowellDirector
- Emeric PressburgerScreenplay
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Conrad VeidtCaptain Ernst Hardt
- Sebastian ShawAshington
- Valerie HobsonThe School Mistress
- Marius GoringLieutenant Felix Schuster
- June DuprezAnne Burnett
- Athole StewartThe Rev. Hector Matthews
- Agnes LauchlanMrs. Matthews
- Helen HayeMrs. Sedley
- Cyril RaymondThe Rev. John Harris
- George SummersCaptain Ratter
- Hay PetrieEngineer
- Grant SutherlandBob Bratt
Stills
Themes
northern englandsubmarineworld war isea battlegerman spybritish fleetgerman navytriple agenttorpedoed shiporkneycounter-espionageimposter