‘U-Boat 29:’ Spy Work in Hostile Waters

The first pairing of acclaimed filmmakers Powell and Pressburger produces a tight story of a WWII German U-boat in British waters.

Spies eyes on the prize—the grand British fleet, in “U-Boat 29.” London Films Productions

NR | 1h 17m | Spy, Thriller, War | 1939

Films drift into the world on their own schedules; sometimes that timing adds a layer nobody planned. War films carry that feeling more than most, in that a script can be written when national tensions simmer, then hit theaters when things are already boiling.