The battle of the River Plate
(DVD)

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LC Subjects
Action and adventure films.
Admiral Graf Spee (Battleship) -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
River Plate, Battle of the, 1939 -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British -- Drama.

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Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
759731412520, 00759731412520

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
General Note
Special features: Profile of Battle of the River Plate featurette with interviews with John Brabourne (production manager); Christopher Challis (director of photography), Christopher Lee (actor) and Ian Christie (film historian).
Creation/Production Credits
Production designer, Arthur Lawson ; director of photography, Christopher Challis ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music composed by Brian Easdale.
Participants/Performers
John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee, Lionel Murton, Anthony Bushell, Peter Illing, Michael Goodliffe, Patrick Macnee, John Chandos, Douglas Wilmer, William Squire, Roger Delgado, Andrew Cruickshank, Christopher Lee, Edward Atienza, April Olrich, Peter Finch.
Description
"Two weeks after the start of WWII, a powerful German pocket battleship, the Graf Spee, sails the South Atlantic, destroying Allied merchant ships at will. Captained by one of Germany's most brilliant naval officers, the Graf Spee, with her superior speed and artillery, appears and disappears, sinking ship after ship. When the Allies are finally able to pinpoint its location a trap is set, pitting British Intelligence against a wily and powerful military opponent"--Container.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital.
Language
English audio.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Powell, M., Pressburger, E., St. John, E., Gregson, J., Quayle, A., Hunter, I., Gwillim, J., Lee, B., Murton, L., Bushell, A., Illing, P., Goodliffe, M., Macnee, P., Chandos, J., Wilmer, D., Squire, W., Delgado, R., Cruickshank, A., Lee, C., Atienza, E., Olrich, A., Finch, P., Lawson, A., Challis, C., Mills, R., & Easdale, B. (2010). The battle of the River Plate (Widescreen presentation.). Hen's Tooth Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michael Powell et al.. 2010. The Battle of the River Plate. [United States]: Hen's Tooth Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michael Powell et al.. The Battle of the River Plate [United States]: Hen's Tooth Video, 2010.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Powell, M., Pressburger, E., St. John, E., Gregson, J., Quayle, A., Hunter, I. and Gwillim, J. et al (2010). The battle of the river plate. Widescreen presentation. [United States]: Hen's Tooth Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Powell, Michael, et al. The Battle of the River Plate Widescreen presentation., Hen's Tooth Video, 2010.

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