San Demetrio, London

original title:
San Demetrio, London
other titles:
San Demetrio
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1943
original length:
76 min. , black/white
premiere:
December 1943
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
F. Tennyson Jesse. The Saga Of San Demetrio. London: H. M. Stationery Off, 1942.
director:
Charles Frend
film script:
Charles Frend , Robert Hamer
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cast (role):
Walter Fitzgerald , Ralph Michael , Robert Beatty
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plot synopsis:
The Film deals with the San Demetrio, a British merchant ship in the Atlantic in 1940. The crew tries to keep the ship out of the way of patrolling U-boats.
keywords:
navy , based on a true story , submarine , sea-battle , outnumbered , siege
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
John Costello, Terry Hughes: Atlantikschlacht: Der Krieg zur See 1939-1945. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe, 1978. ISBN: 3-7857-0229-9
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availability:
VHS