La battaglia di Rio della Plata

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Subito dopo l'inizio della seconda guerra mondiale la corazzata tascabile tedesca Admiral Graf Spee opera nell'oceano Atlantico, con l'appoggio della nave ausiliaria Altmark, come nave corsara ma, il 13 dicembre 1939, viene coinvolta nell'omonima battaglia navale da tre incrociatori britannici: l'HMNZS Achilles, l'HMS Ajax e l'HMS Exeter.

 

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(1956)

Dramma, Storia, Guerra

Data rilascio : 30/10/1956

regia di Michael PowellEmeric Pressburger

 
 

Cast

  • John Gregson
      - Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
  • Anthony Quayle
      - Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
  • Ian Hunter
      - Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
  • Jack Gwillim
      - Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
  • Bernard Lee
      - Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
  • Lionel Murton
      - Mike Fowler
  • Anthony Bushell
      - Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
  • Peter Illing
      - Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
  • Michael Goodliffe
      - Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
  • Patrick Macnee
      - Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
  • John Chandos
      - Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
  • Douglas Wilmer
      - M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
  • William Squire
      - Ray Martin
  • Roger Delgado
      - Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
  • Andrew Cruickshank
      - Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
  • Christopher Lee
      - Manolo
  • Edward Atienza
      - Pop
  • April Olrich
      - Dolores
  • Peter Finch
      - Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
  • David Farrar
      - Narrator
  • Jeremy Kemp
      - Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)
  • John Le Mesurier
      - Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
  • Cyril Luckham
      - Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
  • Donald Moffat
      - Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)
  • George Murcell
      - Chief Officer, Newton Beach
  • Anthony Newley
      - Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
  • Nigel Stock
      - Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
  • Barry Foster
      - Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
  • Ambrosine Phillpotts
      - Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
  • Tony Wager
      - Lookout, HMS Ajax
  • Brian Worth
      - Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
  • Patrick Westwood
      - Archer, HMS Ajax
  • Chris Adcock
      - British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
  • Michael Collins
      - Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
  • Patrick Jordan
      - Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
  • Jeremy Kemp
      - Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
  • Donald Moffat
      - Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
  • John Schlesinger
      - Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
  • Richard Beale
      - Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
  • John Forbes-Robertson
      - Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)