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In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.
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Marcel Dalio
- Larga
- (as Dalio)
Pierre Fuchs
- Bit Part
- (as E. Fuchs)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe character of Forster is referred in the film to as 'Obergruppenführer'. That means he is in the SS leadership (equivalent to a 3-star general in the army). This naturally explains why the army general on board cannot simply pull rank on him and why the majority of the crew is willing to obey his commands over those of the other officers. Most reviews erroneously describe him as either Gestapo (whose head would be at least one rank below that) or high (civilian) Nazi party official (who would not be referred to by rank).
- Quotes
Le commandant du sous-marin: Their papers are good, but their identities are false.
- Alternate versionsThere is some footage missing at about 45 minutes into the commonly available version of the film. After narrating how he can trust the radio operator, Guilbert retires to his room. But the subsequent dissolves show brief remains of shots that have been cut from the film.
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A group of Nazi sympathizers of various nationalities board a submarine at Oslo on a secret mission to land in South America where it is planned that Hitler and the Third Reich will rise up once again. On navigating the English Channel, one of the party gets injured – Florence Marly (Mdm Garosi). She needs a doctor and it's the one thing that has been overlooked on this journey. So, they stop over in France and kidnap one – Henri Vidal (Guilbert). They resume their journey with the new arrival who realizes that his life is in danger as he now knows too much – he has to survive by making himself indispensable to the gang.
The whole story is pretty much set aboard the submarine. It's a novel setting and provides the necessary claustrophobic atmosphere as we wonder how and when our doctor hero is going to make his escape. Other characters don't fare too well when deciding to break free from the clutches of evil Jo Dest (Forster). By the way, this Dest character is a cartoon character Nazi who has a blatant homosexual arrangement with his young muscleman as played by Michel Auclair (Willy). Dest's male bitch is even given the name 'Willy' so that you are under no doubt that they like playing with each other's willies.
The whole story is pretty much set aboard the submarine. It's a novel setting and provides the necessary claustrophobic atmosphere as we wonder how and when our doctor hero is going to make his escape. Other characters don't fare too well when deciding to break free from the clutches of evil Jo Dest (Forster). By the way, this Dest character is a cartoon character Nazi who has a blatant homosexual arrangement with his young muscleman as played by Michel Auclair (Willy). Dest's male bitch is even given the name 'Willy' so that you are under no doubt that they like playing with each other's willies.
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- Also known as
- Prokletnici
- Filming locations
- Brest, Finistère, France(submarine base in Oslo)
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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