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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5037115041432
Format: PAL
Label: Carlton Ent.
Manufacturer: Carlton Ent.
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Carlton Ent.
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 30361
Studio: Carlton Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: 1957-11
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Diplomatic maneuvering and naval gunpowder make a fine Powell and Pressburger movie
If you'd like to see how talk and diplomatic maneuvering in the hands of two masterful filmmakers can turn what could have been a routine action movie into something special, try Powell and Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate. It's late 1939 and WWII has started. The German pocket battleship Graf Spee is wreaking havoc with British shipping. Three British cruisers led by Commodore Henry Harwood (Anthony Quayle) are in pursuit. Harwood makes an educated guess that Captain Hans Langsdorff (Peter ... Read More
Rating: - A movie worth watching!
Definitely a good movie, Battle of the River Plate, brings to the screen the story of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee and its encounter with the HMS Exeter, the HMS Achilles, and the HMS Ajax, off the coast of Uruguay in South America.
The setting is 1939. German and British naval forces are fighting it out across the world, and for the British finding the Graf Spee could make all the difference between survival and capitulation.
All the actors carry out their performances very well. ... Read More
Rating:  - One of the Best
This is one of the best World War II films ever made. Based on a real episode of the naval war in the Atlantic, it is an entirely accurate account of the battle between the German Battle Cruiser Graf Spee and her British pursuers. Filled with exciting naval action the movie uses actual film (not models) of the engagement. A first rate cast (including Anthony Quayle, John Gregson and Peter Finch) gives excellent performances all around.
Rating: - Nice angled shots of Navy ships, not much else.
The movie makes up for its short comings for the great atmosphere and fantastic shots of warships. It has a good cast but they arent developed and are sanatized. Great for a military buff though.
Rating: - Classic British WW2 Movie
This is a fine film based on real events. Late in 1939, a few months after Britain's entry into the war, three small Royal Navy cruisers go after the Graf Spee, a powerdul Germany battle crusiers, in the South Atlantic. They are successful due to good tactics and peristence in the face of withering fire. The acting is excellent as are the characterizations. British and German naval officers are depicted in a human and balanced way, not always the case with mid-1950's war movies. Chivalry was not dead during ... Read More
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