The truth is that a Nation will only live as long as it has people ready to die
The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation, a Shipyard owner and Chief engineer Jaap van Leyden is summoned to build ships for the German war effort. The commission would allow Leyden to build sophisticated submarines whilst safeguarding jobs for the local Dutch workforce. A newly built U-boat, named U107 goes out on her first sea trial and is hijacked by a Dutch crew and they re-route the vessel to England. As such it provided an opportunity to refuel patriotism in the face of a seemingly interminable war and almost unbearable civilian hardship.
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Cast
- Ralph RichardsonJaap van Leyden
- Googie WithersHelène van Leyden
- Esmond KnightVon Schiffer
- Beresford EganKrampf
- Frederick BurtwellCaptain Müller
- Kathleen ByronSchoolmistress
- Willem AkkermanWillem van Leyden
- Dorothy GordonJanni Peters
- Charles VictorBastiaan Peters
- John LongdenJost Meertens
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- Vernon SewellDirector
- Gordon WellesleyDirector
- Gordon WellesleyWriter
- Vernon SewellWriter
- Erwin HillierDirector of Photography
- Allan GrayOriginal Music Composer
- Michael C. ChorltonEditor
- Michael PowellProducer
- Emeric PressburgerProducer
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