San Demetrio London (1943)

Directed by

Robert Hamer, Charles Frend

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War Two, a British oil tanker is attacked and set on fire by a German cruiser. Some of the crew reboard the damaged ship and try to sail it back to safety across the Atlantic.

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What happens

San Demetrio London is a 1943 British World War II docudrama based on the true story of the 1940 salvage of the tanker MV San Demetrio by some of her own crew, who reboarded her after she had been set on fire by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then abandoned, during the Battle of the Atlantic. The film was produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios and directed by Charles Frend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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