Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

1h 37m
Running Time

February 11, 1960
Release Date

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

1h 37m
Running Time

February 11, 1960
Release Date

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20th Century Fox
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Plot.

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.

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Details.

Release Date
February 11, 1960

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 37m

Content Rating
NR

Filming Locations
Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom

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This Movie Is About.

based on novel or book
world war ii
north atlantic
based on a true story
naval combat
naval warfare
german navy
royal nave

Wiki.

Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the 1959 book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. To date, it is the only film made that deals directly with the operations, chase and sinking of the battleship Bismarck by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Although war films were common in the 1960s, Sink the Bismarck! was seen as something of an anomaly, with much of its time devoted to the "unsung back-room planners as much as on the combatants themselves". Its historical accuracy, in particular, met with much praise despite a number of inconsistencies.

Sink the Bismarck! was the inspiration for Johnny Horton's highly popular 1960 song, "Sink the Bismarck",

credited by Variety with boosting the film's American gross alone by an estimated half a million dollars.

The film had its Royal World Premiere in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh at the Odeon Leicester Square on 11 February 1960.

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