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The Enemy Below :: 0892726539
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| In The Enemy Below Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens are respectively captains of a U.S. destroyer and a German U-boat whose vessels come into conflict in the South Atlantic. Both are good men with a job to do, the script noting Jurgens' distaste for Hitler and the Nazis and engaging our sympathy with the German sailors almost as much as the Americans. Made at the height of the cold war of the 1950s, the film delivers a liberal message of co-operation wrapped inside some spectacular action scenes and a story which builds to a tense and exciting, moving finale. --Gary S. Dalkin Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
Para mi padre fue una pelicula memorable. Le recordó su epoca de gloria en la naval.
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Author: Guest
I found this film to be not only an excellent action film, with excellent strategizing and suspenseful decisions by both sides, but to be a wonderfully clear-headed depiction of real people in war. The Germans were not automatically shown as Nazi fanatics (in fact it was made very clear that the German U-boat captain was not a fan of Hitler) but as men just like the Americans.
I found the ending to be wonderfully uplifting and emotional.
Ausgezeichnet, meine Herren!
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Author: Guest
One of Robert Mitchum's best flicks. I bought this one along with several other WWII movies as a gift for my husband and because I remembered this one to be a great psychological war movie.
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Author: Guest
Submarine films are a genre unto themselves, and there is no doubt that this is one of the classics. Beyond that, it shows two commanders battling wits toward the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. Mitchum and Jurgens are both in fine form, and really demonstrate the futility of traditional patriotic warfare, if not its occasional necessity up through the 20th century.
There are certainly better films from the standpoint of showing the outfitting of a German WWII submarine, but that really does not detract from the drama of this film. For the inscrutable U-Boat commander (also classically played by Juergen Prochnow in Das Boot), Curt Jurgens demonstrates exceedingly well the conflict of dual roles of commander and friend with his subordinate officer Heinrich.
Highly enjoyable and recommended!
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Author: Guest
This movie is an excellent example between two seasoned professionals - no good guy vs bad guy, revenge motives, no sex, no swearing; an example of a quality movie that Hollywood can do when it puts its mind to it. Excellent performance by an all-star, legendary cast! A war movie that anyone would enjoy that wants more from a movie than simple gore and violence; a thinking man's kind of movie. A must have if you are a fan of the "destroyer vs submarine" type of naval warfare.
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