The Silver Fleet (1943)
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 Richardson — Jaap van Leyden
- Googie Withers — Helène van Leyden
- Esmond Knight — Von Schiffer
- Beresford Egan — Krampf
- Frederick Burtwell — Captain Müller
- Kathleen Byron — Schoolmistress
- Willem Akkerman — Willem van Leyden
- Dorothy Gordon — Janni Peters
- Charles Victor — Bastiaan Peters
- John Longden — Jost Meertens
- Joss Ambler — Cornelis Smit
- Margaret Emden — Bertha
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