Sink the Bismarck!

About Sink the Bismarck!

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II.

Sink the Bismarck! (1960) is a war film directed by Lewis Gilbert. Kenneth More stars as Captain Jonathan Shepard, Dana Wynter as WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis, Carl Möhner as Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck', and Laurence Naismith as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound.

Released in February 1960, it runs 97 minutes. Written by Edmund H. North. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find naval warfare, german navy, naval combat, and north atlantic in it. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 126 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, In Which We Serve, and Schindler's List make useful companions to Sink the Bismarck!, all filed under world war ii and black and white.