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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Dick Powell |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1957 |
| MANUFACTURER: | 20th Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action / Adventure, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 024543072027 |
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Customer Reviews of The Enemy Below
Strategy, Strategy, Strategy! This is one of my favorite WWII films of all time. It has great stars, great special effects, great plot and most of all: the twists in strategy will keep you guessing whats next!
Good story and a post-war feel and look
Kurt Jurgens and Robert Mitchum star in this film from 1957. Also David Hedison, later of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," as the American executive officer. The entertaining story presents a battle of wits between an American destroyer captain (Mitchum) and a German u-boat skipper (Jurgens) set in a bright, clean view of WWII. Features probably the handsomest destroyer crew ever assembled and certainly the best-tanned u-boat captain. Good things include some interesting characters, interesting dialog and nice shots aboard the US destroyer. The u-boat is less well represented in terms of sets and equipment closeups. Good depth charge scenes and a nice sonar sound.
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>Has a clear anti-war message and also a vaguely anti-Hitler German captain with whom it's easy to empathise. Overall it contrasts strongly with Das Boot in terms of realism and grit although both films ultimately share a harsh view of u-boat life at war.
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>Category: fictional WWII chase drama
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>Realism: 3 (very deep dive in a Type VII, poor sub equipment)
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>Location: Atlantic Ocean
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>Boats: German Type VII, American destroyer
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>Heroes: clearly the German and American captains
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>Overall Rating: 3 Nemos (out of 4 possible)
Humanistic WW2 drama
Curt Jurgens plays wily but war weary German U boat commandant Von Stolberg on patrol with his crew in the South Atlantic. His critical mission is to transport a captured English code book back to his base. He encounters an American destroyer commanded by newly appointed Capt. Murrell played by an authoritative and determined Robert Mitchum.
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>What ensues is a nerve wracking, tension filled game of cat and mouse between Jurgens and Mitchum in the Dick Powell produced and directed "The Enemy Below". The movie's effectiveness in part is based on a minimum of propaganda and a focus on the strain and determination of the combatants. Each captain and crew is pulling out all stops to complete their mission and thwart their opponent.
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>The climax results in a mid ocean collision destroying both vessels, where both crews colloborate to rescue the survivors. This wartime epic is realistically presented as enemies are seen as compassionate rather than robotic automatons carrying out orders without question.
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>This flick garnered an Oscar for its special effects which is rightly deserved.