Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
The story of one of World War II's most famous sea battles is brought to the screen in this exciting, semi-documentary style movie.
In the Spring of 1941, Nazi Germany's greatest battleship - the Bismarck, scourge of Atlantic shipping, is pinned down at her anchorage in Norway. Making a break for freedom and the safety of air cover from the Luftwaffe, the great ship is chased by the British Navy. Eventually, after heavy casualties including the loss of H.M.S. Hood, the Bismarck is finally trapped and sunk. Kenneth More stars as Capt. Shepard - the Admiralty's Director of Naval Operations who, embittered by the death of his wife in an air raid, is assigned to this post just as the Bismarck makes her escape. Excellent special effects make this tense, exciting sea drama one of the finest British war films ever made.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 93mins |
| Origin: | UNITED KINGDOM |
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jumbuck
says
Typical stiff upper lip British wartime film - but jolly well acted by one and all - one on the chin for the Hun.
Richard R.
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Barbara M.
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Great movie. Although it seems "stiff upper lipped" it was the way the Naval Officers addressed one another back in those days.
Ranks with Midway.
John
says
If you're into old British black-and-white war movies then this is one of the best. Outstanding in all respects. All the characters who appear throughout the film, starting with so-professional Kenneth More, are to become household names in later British films. But in "Bismarck" they are younger, fresher, and clearly destined for bigger things. The sea battle sequences are quite superior when you consider they were devised and created in the fifties, long before computer animation and the special effects generators available to film makers today. A top bit of movie nostalgia for those who tire of the over-used, over-the-top explosive effects which seem to fill action films these days.