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"When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States."
"Canadian Air Force bombers sink a German U-Boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, leaving six of the German crew stranded ashore. These Nazis set out on a desperate journey to avoid capture in Canada by crossing into the neutral United States."@en
"Six Nazis, stranded in the Canadian wilderness when their U-boat is sunk, struggle to survive and evade capture."@en
"After sinking many merchant ships in Canadian waters, Nazi U-boat 37 is trapped and sunk by the Royal Canadian Air Force bombers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. There are six survivors - a reconnaissance team sent ashore before the attack began. French Canadian trapper Johnnie alerts the authorities to organise to send a plane into the area to investigate. So begins the Nazis' desperate bid to cross at all costs the 49th parallel of latitude."@en
"As the voice-over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world. The parallel is the goal of a small group of Nazis, survivors of a U-boat that has been spotted and sunk in Hudson Bay, deep in Canadian waters. The United States is not yet at war with Germany, and if Corporal Hirth and his six crew members can reach it, they can be repatriated to Germany with no fuss. But their trek across Canada becomes a fierce struggle to survive, as they encounter and are opposed in turn by Johnnie the trapper, a small Hutterite community, a Canadian intellectual, and a Canadian soldier gone AWOL."@en
"After Canadian bombers destroy a U-boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the six Germans left ashore trek across Canada trying to reach the neutral United States. The encounters they have with Canadians reveal the brutality of the Nazi mentality and the virtues of the Canadians."@en
"Set in wartime Canada, Nazi U-boat 37 is trapped and sunk by Airforce bombers in the Gul of St. Lawrence. There are only six survivors - a reconnaissance team sent ashore before the attack began. The U-boat sailors begin a desperate bid to cross at-all-coststhe 49th parallel and escape into the U.S."
"Au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les six survivants du naufrage d'un navire de guerre allemand dans la baie de Saint-Laurent trouvent refuge dans un village inuit, en plein territoire ennemi.[premiere.fr] Avec Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman, Richard George, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Moore, John Chandos, Basil Appleby, Finlay Currie, Ley On, Glynis Johns, Charles Victor, Frederick Piper, Tawera Moana, Eric Clavering, Charles Rolfe, Theodore Salt, O.W. Fonger."
"Canadian Air Force bombers trap and sink a German U-Boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, leaving six Nazi "supermen" stranded ashore. These men take over an Eskimo village, then set out on a violent odyssey across Canada, trying toevade capture."@en
"Canadian Air Force bombers trap and sink a German U-Boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, leaving six Nazi "supermen" stranded ashore. These men take over an Eskimo village, then set out on a violent odyssey across Canada, trying to evade capture."
"Canadian Air Force bombers trap and sink a German U-Boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, leaving six Nazi "supermen" stranded ashore. These men take over an Eskimo village, then set out on a violent odyssey across Canada, trying to evade capture."@en
"Sei marinai tedeschi, scampati sulle coste del Canada all'affondamento del loro sottomarino, attraversano il paese guidati da un fanatico ufficiale hitleriano, commettendo violenze d'ogni genere per raggiungere il 49° paralleloe arrivare così negli Stati Uniti, allora ancora neutrali. (Mereghetti)."@it
"1940. Un sous-marin allemand qui vient de torpiller un navire marchand anglais arrive dans les eaux territoriales canadiennes. La Canadian Air Force repère le submersible et le coule...mais six de ces hommes, commandés par l'officier nazi Hirt, avaient déjà atteint la côte. A l'origine film de propagande contribuant à "l'effort de guerre", 49e parallèle, dans un souffle épique qui mêle suspense et contemplation, oppose un idéal fraternel de liberté au danger de l'idéologie nazie."
"Sei marinai tedeschi, scampati sulle coste del Canada all'affondamento del loro sottomarino, attraversano il paese guidati da un fanatico ufficiale hitleriano, commettendo violenze di ogni genere per raggiungere il 49° parallelo e arrivare così negli Stati Uniti, allora ancora neutrali. (Mereghetti)."@it
"A WW2 U-boat crew is stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral USA."@en
"When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during in the first years of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States."@en
"In Canada, five stranded U-boat men try to escape into the U.S."@en
"WW2 yarn about Nazi servicemen whose U-boat is sunk off the Canadian coast."@en
""War. Canada. Stranded U-boat crew try to escape into America"--British film catalogue, Fiction film, 1895-1994."@en
"At once a compelling piece of anti-isolationist propaganda and a quick-witted wartime thriller, 49th parallel is a classic early work from the inimitable British filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. When a Nazi U-boat crew is stranded in Canada in the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States."