The Battle of the River Plate
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
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""The Battle of the River Plate" (1956) is Powell and Pressburger's most underrated movie. Set in 1939, its about the British navy trying to capture "The Graf Spee" pursued by the "HMS Ajax", "HMS Exeter" and "HMS Achilles".Most people say it is not up to the standard as, say, "A Matter of Life and Death", but I disagree. As it is not one of the more wider known parts of World War Two, it makes the first half tense and exciting. But its the second half, when "The Graf Spee" hides in a neutral port where it kicks into hig..."
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Attention to detail was particularly important to the producers, so all of the naval procedures depicted in this movie are completely accurate. The scene where Harwood meets with his Captains on board the Ajax, however, was a fictitious one, created in order to explain the situation to the audience.
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In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.