The Battle Of The River Plate
117 minutes,
UK (1956), U
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(4.8 / 20 votes)
(4.8 / 20 votes)
Quality war film directed, written and produced by acclaimed duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Full of gung-ho action, but also sophisticated and even troubling
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The Battle Of The River Plate: Battle Of The River Plate, made only 17 years after the event, depicts one of the defining moments of the early, comparatively quiet stages of World War II. A German pocket battleship, the Graf Spee, was causing havoc amongst the British merchant navy shipping until hunted down by three inferior quality British ships...
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