During world war ii, a ragtag band of refugees from germany sneaks into switzerland seeking asylum. The complete 1981 film guide list av jerome magajes. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. It is 1942 and the german submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called battle of the atlantic to harass and destroy english shipping. A train from germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of switzerland. The film was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film as a swiss submission. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. During world war ii, switzerland severely limited refugees. A group of jewish refugees seeking asylum in switzerland during the second world war, is welcomed by a landlord and his wife into their establisment, but is subsequently sent back across the border by the swiss authorities, to certain death. Meaning the boat, it is an adaptation of lothargunther buchheims 1973 german novel of the same name. The complete 1981 film guide list by jerome magajes. Swiss documentary films celebrate premieres online. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide.
Set in wwii, it tells the fictional story of the crew of the u96. It was also entered into the 31st berlin international film festival, where it won the silver bear for an outstanding single achievement. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however. Dec 15, 2016 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration.
The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by gunter rohrbach, and starring jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, and klaus wennemann. The story of a marine grunt in the first battle of khe sanh april 1967 duration. The fox and the hound 1981 cumulative worldwide gross. There is a problem with your email address and we are unable to communicate with you. The real captain of u96, heinrich lehmannwillenbrock, joined the navy in 1931 and served as navigator of the naval tender weser from 1933 to 1935. Swiss films, coproductions and talents at the berlinale. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different home video versions of various. Markus imhoof was born on september 19, 1941 in winterthur, zurich, switzerland. Laut cine canal wurde dieser film im jahre 1981 freigegeben.
They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village. Le film fut nomme a loscar du meilleur film en langue etrangere. The owner of a small inn agrees to allow the refugees to stay if they pose as a family. The film confronts a littlespoken of aspect of world war ii.
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