Above Us the Waves
Above Us the Waves ★★★ 1956
During WWII, the British navy immobilizes a huge German battleship off the coast of Norway. Effectively dramatizes the British naval preparations for what seemed a suicidal mission: using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives on the hull of the German vessel and detonating them before the Germans could detect the danger. 92m/C VHS . GB John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, Michael Medwin, James Kenney, O.E. Hasse, Theodore Bikel, Thomas Heathcote, Lee Patterson, Lyndon Brook, Anthony Newley; D: Ralph Thomas.
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