A brilliantly written "propaganda" movie designed to explain to Americans why they should join the Canadians in the second world war. Six German officers are stranded on Canadian soil after their sub is sunk in the Hudson Bay. As they travel across Canada trying to make their way to neutral US territory, they interact with a wide variety of people, many of whom fled Europe during the first world war and paid dearly for their freedom. The flaws in Hitler's dream are subtly yet brilliantly brought to light each time the Germans cross paths with the Canadian inhabitants who are coerced into or freely offer their hospitality. One by one, the Nazi's blind hatred of everything free people hold dear is established and shattered by the guileless Canadians. I think this film is an excellent vehicle to help kids understand what the Nazi's believed and why it threatened the entire world.
Review of 49th Parallel
49th Parallel
(1941)
Hitler's Mein Kampf shattered when held up to the light of democracy
22 February 2005