The Cruel Sea (1953)

Directed by

Charles Frend

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

British naval officers and seamen serve on convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The film focuses on their daily struggles and the constant threat of German U-boats.

sombergrittytensemelancholicpatrioticslow-burnclaustrophobicsincere

What happens

The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film based on the best-selling 1951 novel of the same name by former naval officer Nicholas Monsarrat, though the screenplay by Eric Ambler omits some of the novel's grimmest moments. The film stars Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker, Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna and Moira Lister. The movie was made by Ealing Studios seven years after the end of World War II. It was directed by Charles Frend and produced by Leslie Norman. The film portrays the conditions in which the Battle of the Atlantic was fought between the Royal Navy and Germany's U-boats, seen from the viewpoint of the British naval officers and seamen who served in convoy escorts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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