49th Parallel

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Alec B Making the villains the main characters was a great idea as was the episodic narrative (which allows multiple opportunities for Fascism to be thoroughly debunked and humiliated). Many great performances but Walbrook is the real standout. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review david l 49th Parallel is a British WWII movie that was rather culturally diverse in its cast for this time period. The movie excelled in the strong action-adventure elements and accomplished technical aspects. The problem here is twofold. One is the the foolish idea to excessively humanize the Nazis and portray them as the protagonists while the other is the subpar acting from a couple of performers, Laurence Olivier being the most egregious with his terrible accent and hammy performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Its worth reading wikipedia after watching the film as it gives an insight into why this film was made and might change your perspective on the film. As it is, it certainly is watchable and the propaganda message is loud and clear. It also stands out from most other ww2 films of the era where the story is about the Nazi's rather than the Allies. Worth a watch Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review s r Powell and Pressburger impress again. This time with a wholly original production of anti-nazi propaganda to incite the US to join the war. It's plot is completely unpredictable and ends with an appropriate ending. Although the anti-nazi sentiment is over the top at times, driving you to hate them, it still has an appropriate, almost poetic balance. Saw it digitally. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty awful ww2 propaganda pro democracy and anti hitler prose. The beginning "french" actor accent was so awful. The portrayal of Natives and Inuits was also pretty stereotyped, altho at the time im sure it was revolutionary because at least they played themselves and it wasn't "black-faced." It was just the type of old movie that acts like its so profound, but u dont feel anything at the moments u know they want u to because it is so forced. You can tell though some of the shots even by todays standards are beautiful and some action scenes are decent. It just hasn't aged well and there are so many better WW2 movies to date. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Ed M I've seen a lot of World War II movies but this is unique. So original. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/30/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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