
Feature film — 1941
49th Parallel (1941)
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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Director: Michael Powell
On screen
Cast & crew

Leslie Howard
Philip Armstrong Scott

Laurence Olivier
Johnnie, the Trapper

Raymond Massey
Andy Brock

Anton Walbrook
Peter

Eric Portman
Lieutenant Hirth

Raymond Lovell
Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Richard George
Kommandant Bernsdorff

Niall MacGinnis
Vogel
Peter Moore
Kranz

John Chandos
Lohrmann

Finlay Currie
The Factor

Glynis Johns
Anna
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