The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation, a Shipyard owner and Chief engineer Jaap van Leyden is summoned to build ships for the German war effort. The commission would allow Leyden to build sophisticated submarines whilst safeguarding jobs for the local Dutch workforce. A newly built U-boat, named U107 goes out on her first sea trial and is hijacked by a Dutch crew and they re-route the vessel to England. As such it provided an opportunity to refuel patriotism in the face of a seemingly interminable war and almost unbearable civilian hardship.
Cast
Ralph Richardson
Jaap van Leyden
Googie Withers
Helène van Leyden
Esmond Knight
Von Schiffer
Beresford Egan
Krampf
Frederick Burtwell
Captain Müller
Kathleen Byron
Schoolmistress
Willem Akkerman
Willem van Leyden
Dorothy Gordon
Janni Peters
Charles Victor
Bastiaan Peters
John Longden
Jost Meertens
Joss Ambler
Cornelis Smit
Margaret Emden
Bertha
Neville Mapp
Joop
Ivor Barnard
Admiral
John Carol
Johann
Philip Leaver
Chief of Police
Lawrence O'Madden
Captain Schneider
Anthony Eustrel
Lieutenant Wernicke
Valentine Dyall
Markgraf
Crew
Vernon Sewell
Director, Writer
Gordon Wellesley
Director, Writer
Emeric Pressburger
Story, Producer
Michael C. Chorlton
Editor
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography
Denis Kavanagh
Assistant Director
Michael Powell
Producer
Ralph Richardson
Associate Producer
Alfred Junge
Production Design
Cecil Cooney
Camera Operator
John Dennis
Sound
Desmond Dew
Sound
Eric Humphriss
Special Effects
Allan Gray
Original Music Composer
George Maynard
Production Manager
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