Sink the Bismarck!
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The breakout of the German battleship *Bismarck*, accompanied by the heavy cruiser *Prinz Eugen*, occurred during the early days of World War II. *Bismarck* and her sister ship, *Tirpitz*, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of the war. The British Navy sought to locate and destroy the *Bismarck* before it could reach the transatlantic convoy lanes, where it could inflict significant damage on the cargo shipping that was essential to the British Isles. Armed with eight 15-inch guns, the *Bismarck* was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining out of range of all Royal Navy warships.
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Edited by Peter R HuntShot by Christopher ChallisScored by Clifton Parker
Also known as
- Die letzte Fahrt der Bismarckde
- Coulez le Bismarck !fr
- Affondate la Bismarck!it
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Kenneth More
as Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
as Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Mohner
as Kapitän Ernst Lindemann
Laurence Naismith
as First Sea Lord - Sir Dudley Pound - Admiral of the Fleet
Geoffrey Keen
as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
Karel Stepanek
as Admiral Günther Lutjens
Michael Hordern
as Admiral Jack Tovey - Commander in Chief - HMS King George V
Maurice Denham
as Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
as Captain John Leach - HMS Prince of Wales
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