The Silver Fleet

The Silver Fleet

The truth is that a Nation will only live as long as it has people ready to die

1943 · 84 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, War

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.

Directed by Vernon Sewell · Written by Gordon Wellesley

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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

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