Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

WW Two at it's best

Great movie! A must have for war movie buffs......suspense and action in a fast paced thrill ride
FIVE STARS December 3, 2007

A Good Movie

Truly a good movie. A wonderful "cat and mouse" true story. This movie, as others, shows the British fortitude. The "stiff upper lip". They went thru a lot and stood strong. The sinking was a necessity. War is never good, on any level, and this movie shows that even though they sank a battleship, many men were lost, on both sides. November 8, 2007

Bismark was skuttled

According to Len Deighton's book "Blood Tears and Folly" the Bismark was skuttled by having it's seacocks opened. The battleship admirals would say that it was sunk by battleship gunfire. The Bismark was steaming in circles due to damage from aircraft launched torpedos. The lesson to be learned is that aircraft carriers seem to be the naval vessil that can inflict the most damage. Large battleships are vulnerable to attack from the air by aircraft and guided missiles. If there was a hero, it was the observer in the Catalina PBY that tracked the Bismark down and the pilot that hit the Bismark's rudder. The movie does not illustrate this.
October 1, 2007

A Memorable Classic of WWII Naval Warfare

I first saw this movie shortly after it came out, and when I was 9 years old.

The movie captures the drama of pursuing and destroying the Bismarck. A British agent in German-occupied Norway spots the PRINCE EUGEN and BISMARCK passing by. But he is shot in his hut by a pursuing German before completing his message back to England.

The HOOD is blown up by the BISMARCK. One of the Naval staff men, realizing that he has just lost his son, is brought to tears, but otherwise maintains the British stiff upper lip. A woman on staff comforts him.

Then comes the dramatic final duel of the BISMARCK and British ships. The German commander yells "Fire!", while the British commander yells "Shoot!"

My father used this movie to teach me a lesson. My 9 year-old self cheered at the scene of drowning German sailors at the end of the movie. My father, a survivor of Gross Rosen and Dachau, told me not to do that.
August 9, 2007

OK

It's not a bad movie, but it's more talk than action. I think 60% of the movie is shot in one room. The action should have been more exciting, but I guess that was not possible at the time the movie was shot. The charecters are not really well developed and the Germans are potrayed as pompous fools. From what I have read about the Bismarck and it's crew, that is so not true. But having said that it is a treat watching battleships cut through water so majestically! June 10, 2007

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