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  • Title: Forty-ninth Parallel (Criterion #376) [49th Parallel] / The Volunteer / A Pretty British Affair
  • Summary: A damaged U-boat is stranded in a Canadian bay in the early years of World War II.
  • Director: Michael Powell
  • Cast: Richard George, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Moore, John Chandos, Basil Appleby, Laurence Olivier, Finlay Currie, Ley On, Anton Walbrook, Glynis Johns, Charles Victor, Frederick Piper, Leslie Howard, Tawera Moana, Eric Clavering, Charles Rolfe, Raymond Massey, Theodore Salt, O.W. Fonger
  • Year: 1941
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  • Keywords: WWII
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Canadian Bacon, Grey Owl, I Confess, Never Cry Wolf, The Shipping News
  • Language: English
  • Country: UK
  • Comments: The DVDs include an audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder, a 1943 Powell-Pressburger short film ("The Volunteer"), excerpt from Michael Powell's autobiography dictations, a BBC documentary about Powell and Pressburger ("A Pretty British Affair") and the theatrical trailer.
  • Collection: Drama