Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
February 11, 1960
20th Century Fox
65 people
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Acting
Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
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Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
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Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
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Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
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Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
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Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
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Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
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Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
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Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
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Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
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Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
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