The Battle of the River Plate 1956 123movies

Watch: The Battle of the River Plate 1956 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the fall of 1939, the German heavy cruiser (referred to as a pocket battleship) Graf Spee seems to have command of the Atlantic. In the first three months of World War II, she was responsible for sinking nine ships. The British sent three cruisers commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood to confront her. The battle took place on December 13, 1939 and the British came out on top. The Graf Spee headed for the neutral harbor of Montevideo, Uruguay. They were given only a short time to effect repairs and the British did their best to make them believe a British fleet of six or eight ships awaited them. Rather than chance the loss of his men, the German Captain ordered the Graf Spee scuttled..
Plot: In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
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	6.6/10 Votes: 4,494
	82% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 38 Popularity: 7.26 | TMDB

Reviews:

Powell and Pressburger’s Most Underrated Film.
“The Battle of the River Plate” (1956) is Powell and Pressburger’s most underrated movie. Set in 1939, its about the British navy trying to capture “The Graf Spee” pursued by the “HMS Ajax”, “HMS Exeter” and “HMS Achilles”.Most people say it is not up to the standard as, say, “A Matter of Life and Death”, but I disagree. As it is not one of the more wider known parts of World War Two, it makes the first half tense and exciting. But its the second half, when “The Graf Spee” hides in a neutral port where it kicks into high gear. The whole place reeks of atmosphere, unequalled in any over Powell and Pressburger film. As I have said before, a very underrated movie, that is well worth watching.

Three terriers fighting a bear
This meticulous film re-enacts the first major sea battle of World War II, the dramatic engagement between the German pocket battleship “Graf Spee” and three smaller British cruisers off the coast of South America, and it’s equally dramatic aftermath. When the battle-damaged Graf Spee steamed into the neutral Uruguayan port of Montevideo it became front page news all over the world, and everybody wondered how the story would end. Would the Graf Spee allow herself to be interned in Uraguay, would she attempt to escape out to sea, or would she fight the British again? And if she did choose to fight, just how powerful a force did the British have left to face her?

At the time the film was produced there were no longer any warships resembling the Graf Spee, so the producers made do with the U.S. Navy’s heavy cruiser “USS Salem”. The real Graf Spee was actually a great deal more powerful than the USS Salem. The Graf Spee could out-run any warship she didn’t out-gun, and she out-gunned any warship she couldn’t out-run. For those reasons the Graf Spee was more than a match for the three British warships that faced her. It was as though three terriers were taking on an angry bear.

One noteworthy aspect of this film is that the producers listed the ships in the credits as though they were members of the cast. It was entirely appropriate that they should have done so, since this is essentially a story of ships and the seamen who manned them. It is also noteworthy that two of the ships in the cast, HMS Cumberland and HMIS Delhi (formerly HMNZS Achilles) were actually present during the original events.

As for the original HMS Exeter, it was a tribute to the professionalism of her crew that she actually survived the tremendous battering depicted in the film (she was hit by seven of Graf Spee’s 11-inch shells). Unfortunately she was sunk by the Japanese in 1942, and the survivors of her gallant crew spent the remainder of the war living under conditions similar to those depicted in “The Bridge Over the River Kwai”.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 59 min (119 min), 1 hr 46 min (106 min) (cut) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writer Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch
Country United Kingdom
Awards Nominated for 3 BAFTA 3 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio), 1.96 : 1 (VistaVision prints), 1.96 : 1 (negative ratio), 2.00 : 1 (anamorphic prints)
Camera VistaVision Camera
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (horizontal)
Cinematographic Process VistaVision
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), 35 mm (horizontal) (VistaVision prints), 35 mm (spherical)