The Valiant (1962 film)

Alarm on the Valiant is a British- Italian war film from 1962 by Roy Ward Baker, who is based on a true story. As a basis for the screenplay was the stage play L' équipage au complet by Robert Mallet, which was premiered in Paris in 1957.

Action

The British Mediterranean fleet in December 1941, only two battleships available, the HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth. Both ships are in the harbor of Alexandria at anchor. One night, two Italian frogmen, Luigi Durand de la Penne and Emilio Bianchi, fished out of the water near the Valiant and captured. The two will be heard from Captain Morgan, but nothing gets out of them. Morgan is full of concern that the two enemy soldiers could have attached a limpet mine to the ship. He denied the severely injured Bianchi medical aid in breach of the Geneva Conventions. Also among his people to make trouble because of this inhumane treatment wide.

The ship's officer Lieutenant Field has special problems during questioning with the two Italians, for he had married an Italian woman. After some time, admits Bianchi, a mine that was attached to the ship, he refuses, however, to give information about the time of the detonation. Morgan orders the immediate evacuation of the ship. He alone remains with some of his officers and the two prisoners aboard the Valiant. Bianchi and his mate who were enrolled before the evacuation, thinking that the ship is completely deserted. They discuss their mission and talk about the near- explosion time. By a voice but they are overheard by Morgan.

However, it is too late for countermeasures. The mine explodes and rips a meter hole in the hull of the ship. Morgan to fool enemy reconnaissance aircraft, by disguising the repair work as normal routine operations creates.

Criticism

The lexicon of the International film described the film as " conventional war film genre, which deals with his problem only superficially. "

Background

The film was premiered on January 4, 1962 in London. In Germany he ran in theaters on March 2 of that year.

Italy 1962 in film Giorgio Capitani Film score Wilkie Cooper Robert Shaw (British actor) HMS Valiant (1914) HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)
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