The Battle of the River Plate or The Pursuit of the Graf Spee, is a film about the first naval battle of WW2. I found this British war film to be surprisingly very respectful of both sides in the battle and didn't go the usual route of dehumanizing the enemy. Also has a melancholic ending, helped by my ignorance of the fate of the Graf Spee. If you don't know the fate of the Pocket-battleship the Graf Spee, I urge you to go and watch this film without clicking any of the links or looking her up. Don't worry about the screenshots, I purposefully didn't upload what became of her.
I only wish that this film could be remade with authentic CG ship models.
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| Heavy cruiser USS Salem, playing the rule of Graf Spee. |
And now the dumping of screenshots:
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| Foreshadowing... |
Further topics of interest and the links I used in this post:
- Letterboxd entry - Battle of the River Plate
- Wikipedia - Battle of the River Plate
- Wikipedia - German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
- Wikipedia - Ships used in the film
- Wikipedia - Altmark incident
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