In Which We Serve (1942)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Directors:

Noel Coward
David Lean

Guionista:

Noel Coward (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 diciembre 1942 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

IT STANDS ALONE - The Greatest Of All Motion Pictures! [Australia theatrical]

Plot:

This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. |

Plot Keywords:

Destroyer | Ship Sinking | Lifeboat | Knitting | British Navy

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Benefits of a Stiff Upper Lip

Reparto

Noel Coward	...	Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'
Derek Elphinstone	...	No. 1
Michael Wilding	...	Flags
Robert Sansom	...	Guns
Philip Friend	...	Torps
Ballard Berkeley	...	Engineer Commander
Hubert Gregg	...	Pilot
James Donald	...	Doc
Michael Whittaker	...	Sub
Kenneth Carten	...	Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.
John Varley	...	Secco
Bernard Miles	...	Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy
Caven Watson	...	Brodie
John Mills	...	Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
Geoffrey Hibbert	...	Joey Mackeridge

También conocida como:

Sangre, sudor y lágrimas (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:115 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System)

Clasificación:

UK:U | Australia:G | Finland:S

Locaciones de Filmación:

D and P Studios, Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Compañía:

Two Cities Films

Trivialidades:

The idea for the film sprang out of Noel Coward's friendship with Winston Churchill (the two often painted together) and his desire to do something more substantial than urbane comedies to help the war effort for his friend. Coward acutely felt that with the coming of war, the world of which he wrote - bright young things scampering around drawing rooms - was a world that no longer existed.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When a scene is shown in the wardroom, the point of view changes to simulate the ship moving. However the sherry or wine in the glasses does not move at all showing that it is the camera that is moving rather than the 'ship' (or set).

Citas:

[first lines]
Voice: [voiceover] This is the story of a ship...
[long sequence of ship-building and launch]

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)

The Benefits of a Stiff Upper Lip

This is a really first-rate film, much more convincing than the fairly crude WWII propaganda films the US studios were turning out around the same time. The good guys and the bad guys are just as clearly delineated, but in some ways - perhaps the consistent understatement of emotions and the sometimes over-the-top stiff upper lips displayed by the characters - the stakes, and the dangers, seem clearer. There are no John Waynes or Errol Flynns on this ship.

The acting is extremely good, although Noel Coward seems a little stiff and uncomfortable in his leading role. John Mills and Bernard Miles are outstanding, and Celia Johnson (in her first film role) is simply extraordinary. The final scene, where Coward as the captain of the lost ship shakes hands with the survivors, is unexpectedly moving.