San Demetrio London

Feb 21 1944 Approved 1h 44m
Adventure, Drama, War

British drama documentary from 1943, 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.

Plot

The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms way.

Written by

Robert Hamer, Charles Frend, F. Tennyson Jesse

Directed by

Charles Frend, Robert Hamer

Cast

Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
585
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA