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Above Us The Waves

1956, Movie, NR, 92 mins

Above Us The Waves: Review

A claustrophobic but chilling account of the British midget submarines that attempted to sink the giant German pocket battleship Tirpitz by planting underwater explosives on her hull in a foggy Norwegian fjord where the ship was riding at hidden anchorage. Mills and others are taken through their rigorous training for the near-suicidal mission with typical British resolve and resignation. Two of the baby subs fail and their crews are picked up by affable German seamen; the t... read more leave a comment