The Cruel Sea
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The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film, based on Nicholas Monsarrat’s novel, that portrays the harsh realities of the Battle of the Atlantic through the crew of a Royal Navy corvette.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Nicholas Monsarrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Cruel Sea (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Denholm Elliott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Sinden NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ John Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ Moira Lister NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia McKenna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gordon Dines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsBranchOfMilitary | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsConflict | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsVesselType | corvette ⓘ |
| director | Charles Frend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Tanner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-war British cinema ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy escort duty ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Commander George Ericson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sub-Lieutenant Keith Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alan Rawsthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
harsh realities of naval warfare
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psychological strain on sailors ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of Royal Navy escort crews
ⓘ
realistic depiction of Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Donald Sinden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Leslie Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1951 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 126 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Ambler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceNovelGenre | naval war novel ⓘ |
| sourceNovelSetting | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon