49th Parallel

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.

Genres:

War Thriller

Popularity: 28.51

Avarage Score: 7

Characters

Leslie Howard

Philip Armstrong Scott

Laurence Olivier

Johnnie, the Trapper

Raymond Massey

Andy Brock

Anton Walbrook

Peter

Eric Portman

Lieutenant Hirth

Raymond Lovell

Lieutenant Kuhnecke

Richard George

Kommandant Bernsdorff

Niall MacGinnis

Vogel

Peter Moore

Kranz

John Chandos

Lohrmann

Finlay Currie

The Factor

Glynis Johns

Anna

Basil Appleby

Jahner

Ley On

Nick - the Eskimo

Charles Victor

Andreas

Frederick Piper

David

Tawera Moana

George, the Indian

Eric Clavering

Art

Charles Rolfe

Bob

Theodore Salt

A United States Customs Officer

O.W. Fonger

A United States Customs Officer

George Alexander

Cameo

Robert Beatty

RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)

Eric Berry

Nazi Radio Announcer

Gron Davies

Officer on Submarine

Leslie Falardeau

Aviator on Seaplane

Lionel Grose

Undetermined Role

Stuart Latham

Second Nazi Radio Announcer

Norman Luxton

Man in fringed jacket on balcony at Banff Indian Day

Vincent Massey

Prologue Narrator (voice)

Percy Parsons

Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist

Gerry Wilmot

Canadian Radio Announcer

Jack Hynes

Aviator on Seaplane

Staffs

Michael Powell

Director

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Music

David Lean

Editor

Muir Mathieson

Music Director

A.W. Watkins

Sound Supervisor

C. C. Stevens

Sound Recordist

Walter Darling

Sound Recordist

David Rawnsley

Art Direction

Hugh Stewart

Associate Editor

Skeets Kelly

Camera Operator

Henty Henty-Creer

Camera Operator

Emeric Pressburger

Screenplay

Michael Powell

Producer

Freddie Young

Director of Photography

George Blackler

Makeup Artist

Peter Cushing

Props

Jim Body

Clapper Loader

John Sutro

Other

Harold Boxall

Production Manager

Roland Gillett

Assistant Production Manager

George H. Brown

Assistant Production Manager

Nugent M. Clougher

Technical Advisor

Arthur Seabourne

Assistant Director

Sydney Streeter

Assistant Art Director

Frederick Pusey

Assistant Art Director

Osmond Borradaile

Additional Photography

Emeric Pressburger

Original Story

Rodney Ackland

Scenario Writer

Emeric Pressburger

Scenario Writer