The Silver Fleet

IMDb link: 0036356
IMDb rating: 6.8 (582 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Ralph Richardson, Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley
Cast: Googie Withers, Esmond Knight, Beresford Egan and others

Release date: 1 Jul 1945
Release year: 1943
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: war propaganda, nazi occupation, waterfront, collaboration with nazis, nazi occupied netherlands, british actor playing foreigner, british actor playing dutch character, foreigner playing dutch character, shipbuilder, dutch resistance

Plot:

Jaap van Leyden (Sir Ralph Richardson) is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later, a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Germans without endangering his wife and fellow workers?

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