49th Parallel Page #5

Synopsis: In the early years of World War II, a German U-boat (U-37) sinks Allied shipping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and then tries to evade Canadian Military Forces seeking to destroy it by sailing up to Hudson Bay. The U-boat's Fanatical Nazi captain sends some members of his crew to look for food and other supplies at a Hudson Bay Company outpost. No sooner than the shore party (lead by Lieutenant Hirth) reaches the shore, the U-boat is spotted and sunk by the Canadian Armed Forces leaving the six members of the shore party stranded in Canada. The Nazi Lieutenant then starts to plan his crews' return to the Fatherland. He needs to reach the neutral United States or be captured. Along the way they meet a variety of characters each with their own views on the war and nationalism. In this film Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger show their ideas of why the United States should join the Allied fight against the Nazis.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Director(s): Michael Powell
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
1941
104 min
372 Views


Hurry up, boy.

You are a slow boy.

Anna, more bread for our guests.

We're sorry about the bread.

Mmm. I know a bit about baking.

If you don't mind my saying so,

you ought to get a new baker.

We had a good one, but he went to Small Springs.

- Better pay?

- Oh, no one gets paid here.

- Doesn't anyone get paid anything?

- No.

Well, what do you work for, then?

Just your keep?

No. For us all.

What, all these people

work for nothing?

- Yeah.

- What sort of work?

Whatever suits them best.

Well, what do you mean?

They don't choose themselves, do they?

- Haven't you got a leader of the community?

- Yes. There he is over there.

Where? Which is your leader?

There. Third from the right.

Well, doesn't he tell the people

what sort of job they've got to do?

Oh, no. We tell him what we want to do.

Then how can he be your leader?

How do you mean?

Well, anyone works

at whatever job they like, then.

Yeah, that's right.

If somebody can make shoes, he makes shoes.

If he wants to be a blacksmith,

he works in the forge.

If somebody feels he can preach,

well, he preaches.

Well, what's your specialty?

I'm... the baker.

When you sell your stuff in Winnipeg,

what happens to the money?

We buy new tractors, build houses,

found new settlements.

We just founded a new one over at Small Springs.

And if someone leaves you and then

wants to come back, don't you punish them?

- Punish?

- Yes. Don't you send them to a ...

- ... camp or something?

- Camp? Why a camp?

No, we just take them back

because our religion tells us to.

- The Hutterite religion?

- The Christian religion.

- ## [All Singing]

- Is it one of your rules to sing like this?

We haven't any rules. We sing because

we like to. It's good for the digestion.

## [Singing continues]

Well, good night.

The leader will look after you.

- Thank you.

- What's the salute?

- The what?

- Don't you give the leader a salute?

[Chuckles]

- Good evening, friends.

- Good evening.

On behalf of my friends and myself,

I have to thank you for your...

- ... kindness in giving us food and shelter.

- You're welcome.

I hear you come from up north in the woods,

or down north, as we call it here.

Yes.

- Just come out?

- Last week.

Are you Germans?

I ask, are you Germans?

-Yes.

-Are you ashamed of it?

Of course not.

I'll show you where to sleep.

[Hirth] Thank you

[Man] Most of us are Germans

You may find some from the same part

of the old country as yourselves

Anna, I thought you would have

told them all about us.

[Vogel] We mostly discussed birthdays.

[Chuckles] Well, it's quite an event with us,

the 16th birthday.

It means that one has grown up at last.

Come in, please.

This house belonged to Hugo Waldner ...

... one of our brothers

who has gone to the new settlement.

- At Small Springs?

- Yes.

You see, we are like bees.

If we get too many,

we send out a swarm.

So the house is empty

and at your service.

Good night.

- Sleep well.

- [Hirth] Good night

Hmm.

That's what I call a busy girl.

It's nothing.

I make 14 beds every night.

Hm. That's a lot of work.

You see, we have a lot of men who have no mothers

and who aren't married yet.

- So somebody has to make their beds.

- Quite right.

Two of you can sleep in here,

and there are two more beds in the other room

- Where do you sleep?

- In Peter's house.

- In Peter's house?

- But I don't make the bed for him

- Poor Peter. Why not?

- Because he has a mother to look after him.

[Vogel] Haven't you a mother?

No. She was drowned.

Drowned?

In the sea.

When we left Germany ...

... we went to England ...

... because we had to wait

until we got a permit to come to Canada.

We got our permit after war was declared.

- Was your father with you?

- Wait a minute.

I want to hear about her mother.

Her ship was sunk.

[Kranz] Torpedoed?

- I think so.

- Don't you know?

- Was there a big explosion?

- [Anna Whimpers]

Shut up, you two.

You and your questions.

Don't answer them, Anna

Oh, leave that.

- Run along now.

- I'll take her home.

All right, you take her.

- Good night, Anna.

- Good night.

Chins up.

[Hirth] Remember then, do nothing without orders

Discipline is more important

now than ever

So far, luck has been with us

It's a great stroke of fortune being here at all

- Do you think they are friendly, Herr Leutnant?

- Friendly? Yes.

But you saw how their leader tried to draw us out.

"Are you Germans?

Are you ashamed of being Germans?"

- That in a country with which we are at war.

- There can only be one answer to that.

Our agents have done their work well.

Yes. This religion may be

nothing but a cover.

I bet they sing the "Horst Wessel" song

better than hymns.

We shall see that tomorrow.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler!

Shut the door.

Well, Vogel, who knows?

Perhaps one day the story of our adventures

will all be written in a book.

In a few years time, it may be the basis

of compulsory lectures to the Hitler Youth.

The ships we sank, with women and children aboard ...

... the lifeboats we shelled.

Mmm, we were good at that.

What we did to the Eskimos

at the post ...

... the unarmed men we shot in the back.

You forget, Vogel, we're at war.

We can't expect to win

without the methods of total warfare.

Men, women and children they're all

our enemies and must be treated as such.

Did you never read what Bismarck said?

"Leave them only their eyes to weep with."

"Leave them only their eyes to weep with."

Did he say that?

Those were his actual words in the war of 1870.

You should study Bismarck.

He was a great German.

A great German.

You know, Vogel,

I'm worried about you.

You're a good fellow,

but you don't discipline yourself.

You give way to emotions

That'll land you in trouble one of these days.

Why don't you take an example from Kranz,

a fine, soldierly fellow.

You could be just as good a Nazi as he is

if you tried.

- Are you listening, Vogel?

- Yes, Herr Leutnant.

- Then think it over.

- Yes, Herr Leutnant.

- And get out of bed and turn out the light.

- Yes, Herr Leutnant.

[Sighs]

Vogel, I ...

[Snoring]

- Herr Leutnant?

- Either of you seen Vogel?

- No, Herr Leutnant

- Well, get dressed at once.

- [Woman] Good morning, friend.

- Good morning.

He's asking for you.

Oh? All right.

Well? Aren't you going?

Well, I can't go till I've got this lot ready.

What shall I tell him?

I'll be along in a minute.

[Chattering]

[Man] Now, where's this new baker

I hear about, eh?

Ah.

Now, that's what I call bread.

- [All Murmuring Agreement]

- [Man] You'll have to teach David the trick

[David] Trick or no trick,

I could never make bread as good as that

Cheer up, David.

It took me seven years.

- Why ever did you want to give it up?

- I didn't want to give it up. I had to.

- You see, we all had ...

- [Door Slams]

[Man] Peter! Just come and look at this bread!

Good morning, friend.

Mr. Vogel is the best baker

we've had here in 15 years.

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Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger (5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). more…

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