Overview - 49th Parallel

Overview

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.

Cast

• Name: Leslie Howard

  Character: Philip Armstrong Scott

  Popularity: 4.5437

  

• Name: Laurence Olivier

  Character: Johnnie, the Trapper

  Popularity: 1.5525

  

• Name: Raymond Massey

  Character: Andy Brock

  Popularity: 1.0532

  

• Name: Anton Walbrook

  Character: Peter

  Popularity: 3.4601

  

• Name: Eric Portman

  Character: Lieutenant Hirth

  Popularity: 5.2544

  

• Name: Raymond Lovell

  Character: Lieutenant Kuhnecke

  Popularity: 3.4129

  

• Name: Richard George

  Character: Kommandant Bernsdorff

  Popularity: 0.3271

  

• Name: Niall MacGinnis

  Character: Vogel

  Popularity: 2.1651