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49th Parallel

Leslie Howard (Actor), Laurence Olivier (Actor), Michael Powell (Director, Producer) Format: DVD
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 180 ratings
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Contributor Basil Appleby, Leslie Howard, Roland Gillett, Michael Powell, David Lean, Niall MacGinnis, Emeric Pressburger, Ley On, George H. Brown, John Chandos, Laurence Olivier, Eric Portman, Richard George, Peter Moore, Freddie Young, Raymond Lovell, Anton Walbrook, Rodney Ackland, Finlay Currie See more
Language English, French, German
Runtime 1 hour and 44 minutes
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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Michael Powell
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 44 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ George H. Brown, Michael Powell, Roland Gillett
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006420O
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 180 ratings

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Pap
5.0 out of 5 stars Great surprises and action throughout!
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2023
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Actors are great, fantastic script and the story really is over the top. Very suspenseful, meaningful war message as to the horror of the Nazi machine in WWII.
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Elvin Ortiz
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Anti-isolationist Film during WWII
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014
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In spite the fact that this is a film about Nazis lost in Canada, it is an unforgettable film that is worth watching several times over. It is one of Powell and Pressburger's anti-isolationist, propagandist films, yet it doesn't contain the jingoism that one might expect of a war film. Its message is simple: the Nazi menace is not the rivalry that we often expect in other wars. P & P make clear to expose and ridicule the Nazi philosophy of racial supremacy and German efficiency as these Nazis try to escape from Canada. They got there because of their own folly, and every time they lose one of its members, it is because of their own inefficiency and stupid blind belief in the superiority of something. It has very well-known actors at that time, such as Leslie Howard, Anton Walbrook, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, and Finlay Currie. Even though it is a dated film in theme, it is worth watching.
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MIGUEL ANGEL FERREIRO
4.0 out of 5 stars THE EXTRAS ARE WORTH IT
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2010
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This is a Criterion DVD, so it's supposed to be "the ultimate edition". Well, quite not so.

The only problem I have with this 2-disc edition is that the quality of the image of the main feature is correct, but just that. There are neither scratches nor dirt, but the image is not as sharp and pristine as we all wished it should be, and certainly it's not better than other foreign editions of the same movie.

Nevertheless, this DVD is a MUST HAVE for Powell & Pressburger fans. How so? Just because of the two great extra features that are offered in the second disc:

- THE VOLUNTEER is an amusing and hard-to-find 45' short film made as propaganda for the British Ministry of Information during World War II.

- A PRETTY BRITISH AFFAIR is a 50' documentary about the filmmakers, made in 1981, that is full of surprises for the fans. First of all, there is precious footage of Powell & Pressburger TOGETHER. Either receiving an award, presented to them by Deborah Kerr herself, or either being interviewed for the ocassion, this is the first time I've ever seen such moments captured on film. Powell has been shot or interviewed on several occasions, but never alongside Pressburger. And for Pressburger himself, we've never had the chance of seen him in the flesh, or heard him talk (he really had a thick accent!). Finally, we get to see Powell in the shooting of KING OF COMEDY, with Martin Scorsese, and walking through Zoetrope Studios with Francis Coppola. Certainly we knew that Coppola and Scorsese were big supporters of Powell in his final years, but now we get to see the document.

Never mind the just-correct quality of the main feature, or never mind if you already have the movie... if you love The Archers, you must buy this edition just for the extras.
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Amazon Richard
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best WW2 propaganda films
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2021
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This film was made before the US entered the war. It is a propaganda film, made to show how evil the Nazis were and the nobleness of the people fighting them.

There are a lot of well-known names in this film.

The absolutely best part of this film is the speech the Hudderite leader gives - nothing could be better! (This comes relatively early in the film, but it it's just wonderful).
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Mike Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Leslie Howard
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022
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The ten or so minutes with Leslie Howard would have been worth sitting through a bad movie to see. Fortunately, one doesn't have to do that with this film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Democracy
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021
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Democracy is a dirty word to Nazi's and others. Democracies might be slow to anger; however, as this movie testifies... watch the movie yourself to find out. Take back your pants!
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Linda J. Sandahl
5.0 out of 5 stars An All-Star Cast and a Look at Canada's Role in WW2
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014
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An absolutely flawless film made to promote the Canadian war effort and encourage the US to join in. The story is episodic, following the progress of an escaped group of Germans across Canada in an attempt to reach the then-neutral US. Their journey pits Nazi values, personified by the dedicated officer played by Eric Portman, against the liberal, democratic values of Canada, symbolized by the various groups of people they meet. including a Hutterite commune, a French-Canadian trapper, and an AWOL soldier. Besides extraordinary scenery, this film has a stellar cast, including Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Anton Walbrook, Raymond Massey, Niall Macginnis, and a very young Glynis Johns.
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C. Andrews
4.0 out of 5 stars Note to aviation and naval enthusiasts
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2015
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This film is mostly propaganda, entertainingly done. The German U-37, a wood mockup that looks decent enough, sinks a freighter in the St. Lawrence River, then hides out in Hudson bay (not a realistic or logical move), only to be sunk by Hudsons and Digbys in the first 15 minutes.

The 6 man shore party continues their raid on the Hudson Bay Company outpost, and steal a Fairchild 71 float plane sent to investigate. The sailors get picked off one by one on their journey across Canada, first toward Vancouver, then back to Niagra Falls, as they try to get home, pushing a political agenda along the way.

German POWs in Canada made more of an effort to blend in when they made their escapes during the WW2, but that wouldn't suit the intent of this film to rouse the public.

The Volunteer short subject DVD extra contains shots of the Fulmar, Kingfisher, Martlet, Walrus, Seafire, Swordfish, Albacore and attacking Ju-87 and SM-79, but most of the footage is devoted to the story of an actor and his dresser that join the Fleet Air Arm, becoming pilot and aircraft engine mechanic respectively, and reversing the roles of who gets the admiration.
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Rob Powers
5.0 out of 5 stars 1941 Canada
Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2024
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U-boat sinks off the coast of Newfoundland with several German Nazi soldiers needing to reach Vancouver. Canada had already joined the second world war along with the rest of the Commonwealth countries. This extraordinary popular film helped ease the United States position of non-involvement. As a travelogue it illustrates Canada in a long forgotten light. Starring our own Raymond Massey along with Brits Glynnis John's, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Howard. Terrific extras from the Criterion Collection. A must-have.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 1941 Canada
Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2024
U-boat sinks off the coast of Newfoundland with several German Nazi soldiers needing to reach Vancouver. Canada had already joined the second world war along with the rest of the Commonwealth countries. This extraordinary popular film helped ease the United States position of non-involvement. As a travelogue it illustrates Canada in a long forgotten light. Starring our own Raymond Massey along with Brits Glynnis John's, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Howard. Terrific extras from the Criterion Collection. A must-have.
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Portland Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Showed Goebbels a thing or two'
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2017
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Powell & Pressburger made some astonishingly good films, often characterised by a sense of otherworldliness transposed over reality. In 'The 49th Parallel', however, reality is in crisp, urgent focus. Nazism was threatening to swallow up and destroy democracy, and the Allied forces were keen to encourage the United States to join them against Hitler and his toxic ideology. Propaganda, certainly, but intelligent, thoughtful, artistically beautiful propaganda. Set in the stunning and varied Canadian landscape, it tells the story of six members of a Nazi U-boat crew, stranded on land when their vessel is sunk by patrol planes. Their mission is to return to Germany, via the neutral U.S., and follows their attempt to reach the border, the eponymous 49th Parallel. Along the way they try to spread their Nazi ideology, which falls on stony ground. Laurence Olivier's trapper, and the eskimo community in which he lives, put up a fight but pay a high price. Anton Walbrook's peaceful community of German descended Hutterites meet Eric Portman's impassioned Nazi speech with repulsed silence, before Walbrook retorts beautifully and eloquently, rebuking all that Nazism stands for. Leslie Howard's reclusive writer lays bare the twisted futility of Nazism further still, and finally Raymond Massey has the last laugh over Portman's erstwhile smug would-be Nazi hero. I refer to Nazi's rather than Germans because this is an important distinction made by the film. Not all Germans were Nazi's and many were good people given no choice but to be absorbed into the terrifying, unyeilding mechanics of Hitler's Germany. Throughout the film, Nazi ideology is not ridiculed but examined and deconstructed intellectually. Nazis are clearly fanatics but are all the more dangerous for their rational acceptance of an ideology which is irrational and unacceptable. As propaganda, it more than 'shows Goebbels a thing or two'. As a film, it's exciting, beautiful to look at and crammed with wonderful performances by first rate actors. Powell & Pressburger went on to create many more insightful, intelligent and achingly beautiful films, earning a well deserved reputation as legendary filmmakers, but 'The 49th Parallel' is one of their outstanding achievments.
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Doctor John
5.0 out of 5 stars the 49th Parallel
Reviewed in France on November 26, 2013
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This Caroltta Films Blu-Ray is of very high picture quality; it replaces my 2007 Criterion DVD of the film - but I'm keeping that Disc 2 for its Supplements...
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Mr Colin D Harbour
4.0 out of 5 stars quality of disc good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2023
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prompt service and disc as new
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Brian McDowell
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic cast of actors
Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2017
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One of the classic films. Fantastic cast of actors. Eric Portman won academy award for his work in this film. Recommend.
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