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The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

★ 6.6Not Rated112 minDirector: Emeric Pressburger

1956 British film

The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.

The film's storyline concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Battle of the River Plate about?
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) — 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
Is The Battle of the River Plate based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Battle of the River Plate scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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