Sink the Bismarck!
“Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!”
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. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
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Cast
66 people
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Known for
A Night to Remember
North West Frontier
Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Airport
Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Known for
Rififi
She Devils of the SS
Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Known for
The Persuaders!
Jason and the Argonauts
Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Known for
The Spy Who Loved Me
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Known for
The Fallen Idol
Anastasia
Karel Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Known for
Shōgun
Where Eagles Dare
Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
Known for
Animal Farm
Night of the Demon
Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
Known for
Peeping Tom
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Known for
The Element of Crime
Black Narcissus
Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
Known for
Mr. Arkadin
Under Capricorn
Lewis Gilbert Director · Edmund H. North Screenplay C. S. Forester Author
Worldwide gross $3M · Budget $1.3M · United States release February 11, 1960
Box office
Budget
$1,330,000
Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 11, 1960
Theatrical
United States · February 11, 1960
Theatrical
Brazil
December 24, 2003 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
Denmark
May 31, 1960 · Theatrical
Finland
April 1, 1960 · Theatrical
France
May 11, 1960 · Theatrical
Germany
April 12, 1960 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 9, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Sweden
March 7, 1960 · Theatrical
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