The Cruel Sea (film)

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24. 3. 1953 (1953-03-24)
Trajanje126 min.Zemlja Ujedinjeno KraljevstvoJezikengleski

The Cruel Sea (sh. Okrutno more) je britanski crno-bijeli ratni film snimljen 1953. u režiji Charlesa Frenda. Predstavlja adaptaciju istoimenog romana Nicholasa Montsarrata, koji je, pak, bio inspiriran autorovim iskustvima u bitci za Atlantik. Protagonist, koga tumači Jack Hawkins, je britanski mornarički rezervist koji na početku Drugog svjetskog rata 1939. godine dobiva komandu nad korvetom HMS Compass Rose čiji je zadatak štititi teretne konvoje i uništavati njemačke podmornice. Radnja prikazuje kako se tokom godina on i njegova, ispočetka neiskusna posada, suočavaju sa brojnim nedaćama i opasnostima, ali sa vremenom stiče vještine kako bi se uspješno suprotstavili neprijatelju.

Film je nastao u produkciji studija Ealing, koji je, pak, od Kraljevske mornarice uspio ishoditi dvije korvete - HMS Coreopsis i HMS Portchester Castle - koje su "glumile" brodove kojima komandira protagonist. Film se snimao u La Mancheu, pri čemu je neuobičajeno mirno vrijeme producentima donijelo niz poteškoća, s obzirom da su tek uz pomoć raznih trikova uspijevali dočarati velike olujne valove Atlantika. Glumac Donald Sinden se, pak, umalo nije utopio prilikom scene koja je snimana u studijskom bazenu. Usprkos svih tih problema The Cruel Sea je postigao izvanredan uspjeh, postavši jedanj od najgledanijih filmova u Britaniji, a i prilikom distribucije u SAD je imao neuobičajeno dobre komercijalne rezultate za jedan britanski film. Mnogi od glumaca su zahvaljujući The Cruel Sea postali poznati, pri čemu se ističu Stanley Baker i Denholm Elliott, koji je upravo na snimanju upoznao svoju prvu suprugu Virginiju McKenna.

Uloge

  • Jack Hawkins ... Kapetan korvete (kasnije kapetan fregate) George Ericson RNR
  • Donald Sinden ... Poručnik bojnog broda (kasnije kapetan korvete) Keith Lockhart RNVR
  • John Stratton ... Poručnik fregate Gordon Ferraby RNVR
  • Denholm Elliott ... Poručnik fregate (kasnije poručnik bojnog broda) John Morell RNVR
  • John Warner ... Poručnik fregate Baker RNVR
  • Stanley Baker ... Poručnik bojnog broda James Bennett RANVR
  • Bruce Seton ... Zastavnik Tallow
  • Liam Redmond ... Glavni strojar Jim Watts
  • Virginia McKenna ... Drugi oficir Julie Hallam WRNS
  • Moira Lister ... Elaine Morell
  • June Thorburn ... Doris Ferraby
  • Megs Jenkins ... Gladys Bell
  • Meredith Edwards ... Vezist Wells
  • Glyn Houston ... Mornar Phillips
  • Alec McCowen ... Mornar Tonbridge

Izvori

Vanjske veze

  • The Cruel Sea na sajtu IMDb
  • HMCS Sackville Arhivirano 2004-09-23 na Wayback Machine-u, the only surviving Flower class corvette, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • The Cruel Sea at BFI Screenonline
  • "Original 1953 Film Trailer" na YouTube
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