Above Us the Waves (1955)

Directed by

Ralph Thomas

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

British frogmen attack a German battleship in a Norwegian fjord using special submarines and torpedoes. The film shows real military operations from World War Two.

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What happens

Above Us the Waves is a 1955 British war film about human torpedo and midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship Tirpitz. Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British commando frogmen, first using Chariot manned torpedoes in Operation Title in 1942, and then X-Craft midget submarines in Operation Source in 1943. Filmed at Pinewood Studios, England, with outdoor scenes in Guernsey, some of the original war equipment was used in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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