Submarine Command

original title:
Submarine Command
other titles:
The Submarine Story, (U-Kreuzer Tigerhai)
country / year of production:
USA / 1951
original length:
87 min. , black/white
premiere:
November 1951
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
John Farrow
film script:
Jonathan Latimer
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cast (role):
William Holden , Nancy Olson , William Bendix
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place during the Corean War and deals with an American submarine officer, who is tormented by his sense of guilt because he feels responsible for his captain's death. He compensates his feelings by being a brave fighter in the war.
keywords:
submarine , single fighter , assault on superiors , order and obedience , shell shock , behind enemy lines
war:
Korean War (1950-1953)
literature:
Heinz Kraschutzki: Die verborgene Geschichte des Korea-Krieges. Hannover: Verl. Das andere Deutschland, 1957.

Peter Lowe: The origins of the Korean War. London: Longman, 1986. ISBN: 0-582-49278-5

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availability:
VHS