Under Ten Flags

Original title: Sotto dieci bandiere

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Van Heflin and Charles Laughton in Under Ten Flags (1960)

German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.German raider, using various disguises, forces British ship to surrender. Story told from German point of view.

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6.5/10

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Trivia
James Mason and Laurence Olivier were the two front runners for the role eventually played by Charles Laughton.

Goofs
Although this movie is supposed to be based on fact, the scene in which the spy breaks into the Germany Navy code room is fiction. In fact, the British code breakers at Bletchley Park had already broken the German codes and knew how to pinpoint Atlantis. However, to keep the Germans from knowing this, various cover stories were invented during the war. This error is not the fault of the film makers as this information wasn't revealed to the general public until 1974, 14 years after this movie was made.

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Opening credits prologue: HOWEVER INCREDIBLE THEY MAY SEEM THE EVENTS NARRATED IN THIS PICTURE ACTUALLY OCCURRED

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9/10

A Great Naval War Film That should be on VHS and DVD

It has been many years since I saw this film but I remember it to be interesting with a differant view of the war through the eyes of the captain of the german raider, Atlantis. He is shown to be compassionate in saving as many lives as he can from the ships that he sinks and is not at all in agreement with Hitler's policies but his country is as war and so he obeys his orders. It is a shame that this film is not available on tape or otherwise as it depicts the other side of German officers not in "lock step" with Hitler.