The Riddle of the Sands (1979)

Directed by

Tony Maylam

Genre

adventure film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two British yachtsmen uncover a secret German plan to invade England in 1901. They use their sailing skills to investigate and try to stop the plot.

suspensefulmethodicalresoluteatmosphericmysteriousunderstatedgrittysea-bound

What happens

The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British spy thriller cinema film based upon the novel of the same name written by Erskine Childers. Set in 1901, and starring Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale and Jenny Agutter, it concerns the efforts of two British yachtsmen to avert a plot by the German Empire to launch a seaborne military invasion of the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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