Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Powell |
| Producer(s) | Michael Powell, George H. Brown (associate uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) was a Drama - War Film directed by Michael Powell and produced by Michael Powell and George H. Brown.
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Philip Armstrong Scott:
Nazis? That explains your arrogance, stupidity, and bad manners.
Lieutenant Hirth: Yes, I am a Nazi. Heil Hitler!
Andy Brock: The government says, "We want men to fight the Nazis, join today." So I joined. I figured they were in a hurry. That was three hundred and eighty seven days ago. Four divisions and a lot of drafts have gone overseas, and what's number B987642 doing? Guarding the Chippewa Canal. Who'd want to steal it anyway?
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Lieutenant Hirth: Yes, I am a Nazi. Heil Hitler!
Andy Brock: The government says, "We want men to fight the Nazis, join today." So I joined. I figured they were in a hurry. That was three hundred and eighty seven days ago. Four divisions and a lot of drafts have gone overseas, and what's number B987642 doing? Guarding the Chippewa Canal. Who'd want to steal it anyway?
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When releasing the film for distribution in the USA, the Columbia Pictures studio changed the film's title from "49th Parallel" to "The Invaders".
While some people may think that this film was inspired by Franz von Werra's escape from a Canadian POW camp (as portrayed in The One That Got Away), von Werra wasn't sent to Canada until January 1941 and his escape wasn't reported until he got back to Germany in April 1941. This film was written as Powell & Pressburger went to Canada in late 1940 and production was under way by January 1941. Powell & Pressburger wouldn't have heard about von Werra until the film was almost completed.
According to the British war film documentary episode The War Game, the World War II film 49th Parallel's " . . . main message was to pluck the conscience of the neutral USA to come to the aid of Britain in the Second World War."
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While some people may think that this film was inspired by Franz von Werra's escape from a Canadian POW camp (as portrayed in The One That Got Away), von Werra wasn't sent to Canada until January 1941 and his escape wasn't reported until he got back to Germany in April 1941. This film was written as Powell & Pressburger went to Canada in late 1940 and production was under way by January 1941. Powell & Pressburger wouldn't have heard about von Werra until the film was almost completed.
According to the British war film documentary episode The War Game, the World War II film 49th Parallel's " . . . main message was to pluck the conscience of the neutral USA to come to the aid of Britain in the Second World War."
read more facts about Forty-Ninth Parallel...
