The Battle of the River Plate (1956) |
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| Director(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Earl St. John |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Anthony Quayle(as Commodore Harwood)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Anthony Quayle
(as Commodore Harwood)
Ian Hunter(as Captain Woodhouse)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Ian Hunter
(as Captain Woodhouse)
Jack Gwillim(as Captain Parry)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Jack Gwillim
(as Captain Parry)
Bernard Lee(as Captain Dove)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Bernard Lee
(as Captain Dove)
Anthony Bushell(as Mr. Millington Drake)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Anthony Bushell
(as Mr. Millington Drake)
Patrick Macnee(as Lieutenant Commander Medley R.N.)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Patrick Macnee
(as Lieutenant Commander M...)
Douglas Wilmer(as M. Desmoulins)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
Douglas Wilmer
(as M. Desmoulins)
Christopher Lee(as Manolo)
The Battle of the River Plate
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
Released
1956
Christopher Lee
(as Manolo)
The Battle of the River Plate Overview:
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger and Earl St. John.
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The Admiral Graf Spee was portrayed in the film by the USS Salem, despite the latter having the wrong number of main turrets. Of course, they weren't able to scuttle the real Salem so that was the only real occasion that models were used extensively.
First feature film of Jack Gwillim.
Michael Powell had been a big fan of Noel Coward's In Which We Serve, which acted as inspiration for him.
River Plate is a mis-translation of the Spanish name for the river, Rio de la Plata. Plata is Spanish for silver and Plato is Spanish for plate. The river is actually called the Silver River.
The film omits the tragic final act of the story. A few days after scuttling his own ship, German Captain Langsdorff committed suicide in a hotel room in Buenos Aires. He was dressed in full uniform and wrapped in the battleflag of his sunken vessel.