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Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Director(s) Lewis Gilbert
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Action, Drama, Historical, War
Top Topics World War II
More Films Directed by Lewis Gilbert More Films from 1960 More Films from the 1960s Top Classic Movies of the 1960s Top World War II Films

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Sink the Bismarck! (1960) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Lewis Gilbert .

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Sink the Bismarck!

By Beatrice on Mar 6, 2017 From Flickers in Time

Sink the Bismarck! Directed by Lewis Gilbert Written by Edmund H. North from a book by C.S. Forrester 1960/UK/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube This WWII sea battle epic could have been so much more compelling than it was. This true story was changed by insertin... Read full article

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Sink the Bismarck! Quotes:

[to his assistant Anne Davis, after the battle]
Captain Jonathan Shepard: Take a message: "Request pleasure of the company of Second Officer Anne Davis at dinner."
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Sink the Bismarck! Facts
This film's closing epilogue states: "This film was based upon actual operations against the German battleship, 'Bismarck'. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Admiralty for their most generous help, advice and co-operation. The character called Captain Shepard is completely fictionalized and is in no way intended to depict Captain R.A.B. Edwards (now Admiral Sir Ralph Edwards, K.C.B. , C.B.E.) who was the actual Director of Operations at the time of the 'Bismarck' engagement."
First film of 'Peter Ceiler'.
Esmond Knight who plays the captain of the HMS Prince of Wales actually served as an officer on board her and was injured during the battle.
Prior to the release of the movie, a song of the same title sung by Johnny Horton was released in the United States to promote the film. This song never appears in the actual film. Excerpts from the song were used in the US trailer.
The producers knew that the use of miniatures and explosions would have to look very realistic to be successful. They imported Howard Lydecker, one of the legendary Lydecker brothers who were generally considered to be the best special effects teams in the business and who had spent decades perfecting their craft at Republic Pictures, from the U.S.
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