The Battle of the River Plate (1956) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Earl St. John (executive) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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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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Attention to detail was particularly important to the producers, so all the naval procedures depicted in the film 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.
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.
Michael Powell later published a novel, "The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee", retelling the story mainly for children.
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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.
Michael Powell later published a novel, "The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee", retelling the story mainly for children.
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