Above Us the Waves
“Their Orders...Sink the Tirpitz!”
Synopsis
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Gerald ThomasShot by Ernest StewardScored by Arthur Benjamin
Also known as
- X-Boote greifen ande
- Operación Tirpitzes
- Opération Tirpitzfr
- Sopra di noi il mareit
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Cast & Crew
19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
John Mills
as Cmdr. Fraser
John Gregson
as Lt Alec Duffy
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as Cmdr. Fraser
Donald Sinden
as Lt Tom Corbett
James Robertson Justice
as Adm. Ryder
Michael Medwin
as Smart
James Kenney
as Abercrombie
O E Hasse
as Captain of the Tirpitz
Lee Patterson
as Cox
William Russell
as Ramsey
Theodore Bikel
as German Officer
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1Other crew
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