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Sink the Bismarck!

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Shot in semi-documentary style, this 1960 classic recounts one of the most famous battles in the history of naval warfare in the famous hunt for the powerful German warship that terrorized the sea for eight days.

Sink the Bismarck!

It's spring 1941, and Great Britain is the only country in Europe yet to be defeated by the Nazi army, but all of that could change soon. The Nazis have launched their juggernaut battleship, the Bismarck, to close off British supply lines and ultimately invade England. A counterstrike is ordered, and with an arsenal of ships at their command, Royal intelligence officers Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More) and Anne Davis (Dana Wynter) fight desperately to distroy the Bismarck.

Sink the Bismarck! recounts one of the most famous battles in the history of naval warfare. Shot in semidocumentary style, the black-and-white film covers all sides in the famous hunt for the powerful German warship that terrorized the sea for eight days. The story and combat are rendered as faithfully as possible to C.S. Forester's novel. There are a few historical errors and some other minor liberties taken for dramatic license, both of which the viewer will easily be able to overlook. The only major addition to historical fact is a fictional romance between leads Kenneth More and Dana Wynter, which never gets in the way of the action. Edward R. Murrow cameos, and one of the founding fathers of movie magic, Howard Lydecker, assists with the special effects. The film is a compelling wartime drama that deserves a viewing. --Mark Savary

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The Bismarck...

  • 14 Feb 39: The Bismarck is launched
  • 24 May 41: The Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood
  • 26 May 41: The Bismarck is attacked and damaged
  • 27 May 41: The crippled Bismarck is scuttled and sunk

Other German Battleships...

  • 04 Feb 41: Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sail into the Atlantic
  • 12 Nov 44: RAF Lancasters sink the Tirpitz in Norwegian fjord

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