Set during the occupation of Holland during World War II, Ralph Richardson, in a very charismatic role, stars as the owner of a Dutch shipyard who pretends to collaborate with the Nazis in order to protect his wife and fellow workers. Inspired by the memory of the Dutch historical hero Piet Hein, he forms a complicated plan to double cross the Nazis and to sabotage the two submarines he's been ordered to build for them. A truly rousing and patriotic WWII film, with an ending that is quite moving. This film has long been underappreciated.
Director: Gordon Wellesley
Director: Vernon Campbell Sewell
Director: Vernon Sewell
Producer: Emeric Pressburger
Producer: Michael Powell
Actor: Ralph Richardson
Actor: Esmond Knight
Actor: Googie Withers
Actor: Beresford Egan
Actor: Frederick Burtwell
Actor: Anthony Eustrel
Actor: Charles Minor
Actor: Charles Victor
Actor: Dorothy Gordon
Actor: George Schelderup
Actor: Ivor Barnard
Actor: John Arnold
Actor: John Carol
Actor: John Longden
Actor: Joss Ambler
Actor: Lawrence O'Madden
Actor: Lt. Schouwenaar
Actor: Lt. van Dapperen
Actor: Margaret Emden
Actor: Neville Mapp
Actor: Philip Leaver
Actor: Valentine Dyall
Actor: Willem Akkerman
Actor: Kathleen Byron