The Battle of the River Plate. 1956. Written and directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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The Battle of the River Plate. 1956. Great Britain. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Courtesy Park Circus/ITV Studios

The Battle of the River Plate. 1956. UK. Written and directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch. 35mm courtesy BFI. In English, German, Spanish; English subtitles. 119 min.

“Shot in widescreen ‘VistaVision’, Powell and Pressburger’s atypical, but most commercially successful, collaboration was this tense recounting of the pursuit of the deadly German battleship, the Graf Spee. Exhilarating as the grandly mounted battle scenes are, what distinguishes the film is the signature nuance Powell and Pressburger bring to its characters” (BFI).

This film accompanies Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger.

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