U-Boat 29

Original title: The Spy in Black

1939
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1h 17m

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A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

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6.9/10

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Trivia
The password that Hardt is to use for his contact is the opening line of Heinrich Heine's poem, written in 1824, "Die Lorelei," in which a beautiful woman, who lures sailors on the rocks, is used as a symbol of homesickness. When his crew joke about him spouting love poetry to a woman in the dark, they miss half of the point.

Goofs
In the German submarine, the officers refer to depths in feet, and the depth gauge is calibrated in feet. On a German ship, depths would be measured in meters.

Quotes
The Reverand John Harris: That medal ribbon. I don't seem to recognise it. What is it?
Captain Hardt: The Iron Cross... Second Class.
The Reverand John Harris: Second Class... then you must be a prisoner of war?
Captain Hardt: No.
[draws gun]
Captain Hardt: You are.
The Reverand John Harris: Oh dear.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: KIEL BASE OF THE GERMAN GRAND FLEET 1917

Connections
Featured in Dad's Army: The Big Parade (1970)

Soundtracks
Die Wacht am Rhein
(uncredited)
Composed by Carl Wilhelm
(played in the restaurant at the movie's beginning)

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early Powell and Pressburger classic

Here, Conrad Veidt (looking lovely in this) and Valerie Hobson (a little stiff) team for the first time in an unusual war thriller cum romance which uses its locations, script, actors, and pace to great effect. Even if you don't particularly like war films, this has more going on that you'd think, and repays more than one viewing. As an early P&P it does have hints of some of the classics to come - probably a closest link to 49th Parallel. An atmospheric film which dared, on the brink of real-life war, to have a German soldier who you do sympathise with, even if he brings his misfortunes on himself.