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Another fine film from Powell and Pressburger
posted by Sixties HoldoutSTAFFMOD on August 24, 2020 at 11:17 AM
An excellent cast in a WWII tale of Nazi submariners invading Hudson Bay, Canada. Lots of tense action, plus some great location shots of Canada (Banff National Park, Niagara Falls, etc.). This film isn't shown very often, but it is definitely worth seeing. As always, Glynis Johns was wonderful, this time as a teenage girl in a Canadian Hutterite farming community (Johns was 18-19 at the time, and is still alive, aged nearly 97, at this writing). Her performance won her a Best Acting award from the National Board of Review, USA. She's such a fine actress, I always try to catch her films whenever they come around.
Reply by Fergoose
on December 11, 2020 at 2:02 AM
A very, very good film. Drama, humour, a unique setting and quite subtle propaganda, based on the truth that you'll find it hard to look at yourself in the mirror if you let 'gangsters' walk over everyone due to your own complacency or 'splendid isolation'.
I make it lose a point due to the ludicrous performance from Olivier and the somewhat disingenuous interpretation of the British Empire's treatment of non-white indigenous persons.
7/10