1943
6.7 (10 votes)
1h 37m
Genres
Action
Drama
War
Production Companies
Ealing Studios
San Demetrio London
Overview
Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
Key Crew
Director: Charles Frend
Producer: Robert Hamer, Michael Balcon
Writer: Robert Hamer, Charles Frend, F. Tennyson Jesse
