The Silver Fleet (1943-06-16)

Drama | War |

Overview

The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation, a Shipyard owner and Chief engineer Jaap van Leyden is summoned to build ships for the German war effort. The commission would allow Leyden to build sophisticated submarines whilst safeguarding jobs for the local Dutch workforce. A newly built U-boat, named U107 goes out on her first sea trial and is hijacked by a Dutch crew and they re-route the vessel to England. As such it provided an opportunity to refuel patriotism in the face of a seemingly interminable war and almost unbearable civilian hardship.

Directed By: Vernon Sewell Gordon Wellesley

Star Cast: Ralph Richardson , Googie Withers , Esmond Knight , Beresford Egan ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 84m
Popularity: 0.3116
Language: en

Budget: $0
Revenue: $5,800,000

Vote Average: 6
Vote Count: 8

Keywords

submarine patriotism sabotage war propaganda waterfront nazi collaborationism nazi occupation shipbuilding british cinema dutch resistance nazi occupied netherlands