In Which We Serve (1942)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 114m
Director: David Lean, Noel Coward
Cast: Noël Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey
Synopsis:
As they cling to what remains of her after a U-boat attack at the battle of Crete, the survivors of a Royal Navy destroyer look back over their time spent on the decks of HMS Torrin.
Review:
Based by Coward on the wartime experiences of Earl Mountbatten, whose role he assumes, this was also Lean's first shot at direction, in tandem with its creator. It's one of those understated, very English flag-wavers, which manages to be so much more than that: what it is to be human in wartime, for instance, and getting all sentimental about boats. As a piece of film making, it surpasses its propaganda function through the sincerity of its performances and authentic attention to detail: Lean lights and composes rich Eisensteinian montages of sailors passing shells and shaking hands with the Captain.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 114m
Director: David Lean, Noel Coward
Cast: Noël Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey
Synopsis:
As they cling to what remains of her after a U-boat attack at the battle of Crete, the survivors of a Royal Navy destroyer look back over their time spent on the decks of HMS Torrin.
Review:
Based by Coward on the wartime experiences of Earl Mountbatten, whose role he assumes, this was also Lean's first shot at direction, in tandem with its creator. It's one of those understated, very English flag-wavers, which manages to be so much more than that: what it is to be human in wartime, for instance, and getting all sentimental about boats. As a piece of film making, it surpasses its propaganda function through the sincerity of its performances and authentic attention to detail: Lean lights and composes rich Eisensteinian montages of sailors passing shells and shaking hands with the Captain.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 114m
Director: David Lean, Noel Coward
Cast: Noël Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey
Synopsis:
As they cling to what remains of her after a U-boat attack at the battle of Crete, the survivors of a Royal Navy destroyer look back over their time spent on the decks of HMS Torrin.
Review:
Based by Coward on the wartime experiences of Earl Mountbatten, whose role he assumes, this was also Lean's first shot at direction, in tandem with its creator. It's one of those understated, very English flag-wavers, which manages to be so much more than that: what it is to be human in wartime, for instance, and getting all sentimental about boats. As a piece of film making, it surpasses its propaganda function through the sincerity of its performances and authentic attention to detail: Lean lights and composes rich Eisensteinian montages of sailors passing shells and shaking hands with the Captain.