49th Parallel

Name: 49th Parallel
Director: Michael Powell
Released: 1941
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell

1941 · 123 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,078 VOTES · DIR. Michael Powell

Overview

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,476 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:40 I see a long, straight line athwart a continent.

00:10:03 50 degrees, Herr Leutnant.

00:16:18 Somebody's fond of potatoes round here.

00:20:08 Nom de Dieu.

00:24:00 Kranz. Your rifle.

00:28:16 C- Y-7-B. That's our call signal.

00:32:04 France? Ah, I'm Canadian!

00:35:43 If anybody should come to the post, we'll see they don't get away.

00:41:44 Contact!

00:51:00 Why, you're only a kid. I thought you were much older in that get-up.

00:54:52 - The Hutterite religion? - The Christian religion.

00:58:33 Chins up.

01:03:02 Congratulations, Vogel.

01:07:28 Brothers!

01:11:54 You killed my father

01:16:58 "Investigations by the RCMP

01:25:23 He has very definite features

01:31:00 Oh, I beg your pardon.

01:34:56 Constant and unutterably wearisome repetition. "

01:39:12 Nazis.

01:43:42 - What happened, boss? - A hold-up. Those two fellows.

01:48:25 48 hours have elapsed and still Lieutenant Ernst Hirth

01:53:12 Who's afraid of the police?

01:58:01 Hey!

Cast & Characters

Leslie Howard Philip Armstrong Scott (The Canadians) Laurence Olivier Johnnie, the Trapper (The Canadians) Richard George Kommandant Bernsdorff (The U-Boat Crew) Eric Portman Lieutenant Hirth (The U-Boat Crew) Raymond Lovell Lieutenant Kuhnecke (The U-Boat Crew) Niall MacGinnis Vogel (The U-Boat Crew) Peter Moore Kranz (The U-Boat Crew) John Chandos Lohrmann (The U-Boat Crew) Basil Appleby Jahner (The U-Boat Crew) Finlay Currie The Factor (The Canadians)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,476

Dialogue density12.0 lines / min

First line00:02:40

Final line01:58:01

Production Record

DirectorMichael Powell

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes8,078