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49th Parallel 1941

123 min TMDB 7.0 War Thriller

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.

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Cast

  • Leslie Howard as Philip Armstrong Scott
  • Laurence Olivier as Johnnie, the Trapper
  • Raymond Massey as Andy Brock
  • Anton Walbrook as Peter
  • Eric Portman as Lieutenant Hirth
  • Raymond Lovell as Lieutenant Kuhnecke

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