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Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960Movie⏱️ 1h 37mApproved
ActionDramaHistoryWar
7.2
IMDB Rating
9,026 votes

The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.

Director
Lewis Gilbert
Writers
Edmund H. North, C.S. Forester
Stars
Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner
Release Date
February 11, 1960
Language
English, German
Country
United Kingdom, United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 89
Reviews
📋 8.0K
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🎭 Top Cast

Kenneth More
Kenneth More
as Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter
as Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Möhner
Carl Möhner
as Kapitän Ernst Lindemann
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith
as First Sea Lord - Sir Dudley Pound - Admiral of the Fleet
Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen
as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
Karel Stepanek
Karel Stepanek
as Admiral Günther Lutjens
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern
as Admiral Jack Tovey - Commander in Chief - HMS King George V
Maurice Denham
Maurice Denham
as Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight
as Captain John Leach - HMS Prince of Wales

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.20 : 1
Sound
4-Track Stereo
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
HMS Belfast, Tooley Street, Southwark, London, England, UK
Production
Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

war at seamass deathnaval warfareexplosionsinking ship

🎯 Categories

ActionDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Fine war film
by Panamint2015-02-13
7/10

"A distinguished wide-screen film that honors those who served in a great British naval episode while showing generally how naval warfare was carried out in the early days of WWII. Effectively portraying the sheer power of one of the most monstrous weapons ever devised by the dark side of the human mind- the battleship Bismarck. Battleships had a hideous, graceful sort of massive beauty during their brief heyday at the peak of war technology but went the way of the dinosaur after WWII. Their vulnerabilities are demonstrated in this film, as are certain unfortunate (but not necessarily erroneou..."

💡 Did You Know?

The Bismarck's crew was made up of just over two thousand men. Following her sinking, only 114 survivors were rescued from the sea, 110 of them by HMS Dorsetshire and the Tribal-class destroyer HMS Maori. The rescue of survivors was called off by the captain of HMS Dorsetshire amid reports that a U-Boat may be in the area.

📖 Synopsis

The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.