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Sink the Bismarck!

Name: Sink the Bismarck!
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1960-02-11
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.8

★ 6,8 /10 (123 Votes)

1960 EN 97 min

Overview

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.

Release date

11/02/1960

Votes

123

Popularity

2.9

Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!

Genres

War Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

97 min

Kenneth More

Captain Jonathan Shepard

Dana Wynter

WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis

Carl Möhner

Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'

Laurence Naismith

First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

Geoffrey Keen

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)

Karl Stepanek

Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Michael Hordern

Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Maurice Denham

Commander Richards

Michael Goodliffe

Captain Banister

Esmond Knight

Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

Jack Watling

RNVR Signals Officer

Jack Gwillim

Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'

Mark Dignam

Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'

Ernest Clark

Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

John Horsley

Captain - 'Sheffield'

Peter Burton

Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla

John Stuart

Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

Walter Hudd

Admiral Holland - 'Hood'

Sydney Tafler

Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'

Sean Barrett

Able Seaman Brown

No photo

Thomas Waldron Price

Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord

Edward R. Murrow

Himself - Edward R. Murrow

John Stride

Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)

Peter Dyneley

Commander Jenkins (uncredited)

Victor Maddern

Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

David Hemmings

Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Johnny Briggs

Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Norman Shelley

Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)

John Barron

Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Airman on Phone (uncredited)

Walter Gotell

Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Glyn Houston

Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Cameron Hall

Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Peter Forbes-Robertson

Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Michael Ripper

Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Michael Balfour

Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Graham Stark

Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)

Olaf Pooley

Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)

Edwin Richfield

Bridge Officer (uncredited)

George Pravda

Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)

Russell Napier

Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

Edward Judd

Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Bernard Lee

Firing Officer (uncredited)

Robert Brown

Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)

No photo

Max Butterfield

Dark Room Technician (uncredited)

Mark Burns

Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)

Roy Castle

Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

No photo

Victor Beaumont

Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

No photo

Richard Beale

Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)

Donald Churchill

Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Peter Cellier

First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)

Charles Houston

Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan

SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)

Hugh Latimer

Commander - War Room (uncredited)

Sean Lynch

Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Julian Somers

Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Michael Sarne

Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Robert Desmond

Dexter (uncredited)

John Bailey

Naval Officer (uncredited)

No photo

Michael Collins

Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)

John G. Heller

Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Ian Hendry

Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)

Ronald Hines

Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

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Zig-Zag Patterns and the Hunt for the Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck! Is directed by Lewis Gilbert and adapted to screenplay by Edmund North from the book written by C.S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Karel Stepanek, Michael Hordern and Maurice Denham. Music is by Clifton Parker and CinemaScope photography by Christopher Challis. World War II, the North Atlantic, the British Navy desperately tries to sink Germany's prime battleship. The scourge of the seas, The Bismarck. Cracker-jack war movie that brings brains and brawn t…

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**l like "Sink the Bismarck!" enough to have watched it every year or so since its release in theaters in 1960. First on T.V., then VHS and finally DVD about 17 years ago. This is another film, like the "Battle of the Bulge", where different (simplified/fictionalized) other than historically correct people, especially English Admiralty and Planners, were used for theatrical effects. I have always enjoyed watching the film, but it is less historically accurate than the "Pursuit of the Graf Spee", aka, "Battle of the River Plate". For instance, Kriegsmarine Admiral Lutjens wasn't a Nazi and didn…

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