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49th Parallel

  • Dir: Michael Powell

  • UK, 1941, English, 122mins, DCP

  • Cast: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook

Made to persuade the United States to enter the war, Pressburger transcends propaganda to combine it with suspense into a quick-witted, compelling adventure story. The episodic account of six survivors of a sunken U-Boat desperately crossing Canada towards neutral America is transformed into a platform for running debate on Nazi dictatorship versus democracy, freedom and ethnic diversity. The A-list cast featuring Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard and Raymond Massey heightens the dramatic intensities with their humanistic personae. Filled with beauty, vision and vibrancy, it set a standard for wartime filmmaking that ultimately altered British cinema forever.

Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay

    Screening:

    In-theatre Screening

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    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
    The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.

    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
    The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.