49th Parallel (film)

49th Parallel is a 1941 British war drama film it was the third film made by the British writerdirector team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was released in the United States as The Invaders. Despite the title, no scene in the movie is set at the 49th parallel, which forms much of the USCanadian border. The only border scene is at Niagara Falls, which is located farther south.

Led by Lieutenants Hirth Eric Portman and Kuhnecke Raymond Lovell, the small band of sailors encounter and sometimes brutalize a wide range of people, including the Eskimo Nick Ley On, and a FrenchCanadian trapper Laurence Olivier. Happening across a floatplane crew and local Eskimo onlookers, the group steals the aircraft and begins flying across Canada.Outside Winnipeg they attempt to stir up the Hutterite community, believing them to be sympathetic to the German cause. Lieutenant Hirths stirring speech is rejected by Peter Anton Walbrook, the communitys leader, and even by one of their own, Vogel Niall MacGinnis, who comes to the aid of Anna Glynis Johns, a 16yearold girl. Vogel, who would rather join the community and ply his trade of baker, is tried by Lieutenant Hirth and summarily executed for the greater crime of trying to break away from the Nazi group. ........

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