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In Which We Serve [DVD] [1942]

Noel Coward (Actor), John Mills (Actor), Noel Coward (Director), David Lean (Director) | Rated: Universal, suitable for all | Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Noel Coward, John Mills, Derek Elphinstone, Michael Wilding, Robert Sansom
  • Directors: Noel Coward, David Lean
  • Writers: Noel Coward
  • Producers: Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Herbert Smith
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 1999
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CZVM
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,692 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Even if all written and documentary evidence were to disappear, you could still get a real insight into Britain's involvement in the Second World War through feature films such as Above Us the Waves (1955) and In Which We Serve (1942). Directed by Ralph Thomas, Above Us the Waves tells of a Royal Navy mission to sink the "invincible" German battleship Tirpitz off the Norwegian coast. John Mills is calm and confident as the mission commander, with strong support from John Gregson and Donald Sinden--all treated by the German personnel as fellow gentlemen when captured. Despite stirring music from Arthur Benjamin, the action sequences are visually no more than adequate, and the film is only a partial success compared with the naval and domestic drama of the earlier In Which We Serve. Noël Coward wrote the screenplay and musical score, co-directed (with David Lean) and gave possibly his finest screen performance as the commander of HMS Torrin. His speech to the survivors of the sunken ship, as they prepare for reassignment, is just the highlight of a film packed with memorable visuals and perceptive dialogue.

On the DVD: Though there are no additional features the black-and-white prints have come up excellently in the 4:3 video aspect ratio. There are 15 access points for each film, though the lack of subtitles is an unfortunate omission. These are period pieces that capture the mood of an era.--Richard Whitehouse

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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Dramatic WWII heart felt story. 16 July 2000
By A Customer
Format:DVD
During the early dark years of the last war, British cinema managed to produce this epic. With a cast of all the best available, and headed up by the upright and perfect Noel Coward, the story followed the life and adventures of a single ship and her crew in a hetic but short existance.The story is based loosely on the exploits of Lord Louie Mountbatten and his ship HMS Kelly. Just what the public needed to lift the gloomy feelings of a dark and almost defeated Great Britain. A must for any classic collector or younger generation to learn values of friendship and comradship, thrown together by the ravages of war.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT British film 20 Jan 2009
By Emanon
Format:DVD
This is without a doubt one of my favourite ever British films. Undoubtedly it is pure propaganda, made at the height of World War Two, but somehow it manages to rise above this and just become fabulously entertaining. Some people can be turned off by Noel Coward and Celia Johnson's "fraightfully posh" performances as Captain Kinross (Captain "D" as he's known to his crew) and his wife, but if you look beyond that you find a terrifically good film with some powerful and moving scenes that stick in the mind long, long after the film is over: The tragedy of Bernard Miles Petty Officer's homecoming; Young Richard Attenborough as a youthful seaman running scared from his post and having to come to terms with the consequences of it; Sir John Mills as "Shorty" Blake tending to the injured and his homecoming after being missing presumed dead; Captain D's emotional farewell to his crew that makes many a stiff upper lip tremble - and many more tiny moments that just make this a true classic of it's kind. The fact that it was co-directed by its star and David Lean means that some of the photography is superb, especially when you consider what was happening in the real world during production.
This Carlton edition also includes a short documentary about the making of the film (in which, amongst other things, you learn why a certain Mr William Hartnell does not appear in it!) and other minor extras like biographies and a trailer.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Something Great About Humanity 2 May 2010
By Mr. G. C. Stone VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Yes it's wartime propaganda, yes it's so frightfully stiff upper-lipped, and yes it's full of stock 'ordinary' sailors puffing out their chests for King & Country. BUT it's so much much more than this, and well worth going back to and reassessing. First of all, it contains shards of true genius. Coward as writer and actor at his best - with a cast you could not equal. David Lean's eye, which means you get images and scenes that are as good as it gets (seeing the men run outside into the rain at action stations whilst a gun is wound out in readiness over them...following the journey of a shell from the hold up into the gun...). And with a subtle, telling story and writing that is truly great (a family picnic on the Downs with planes dogfighting overhead - modestly brilliant). And above this there is a certain essence - the essence of britishness, the essence of why we were able to fight the war how we did and who we are now as a consequence. I found it deeply moving at every turn, and 'true' in everything that matters. Just watch Celia Johnson as she picks up the telegram and knows she has to open it - just the tiniest hint of recoil. And a scene where the Captain shakes the hand and says farewell to each of his surviving men in turn - unhurried, eye to eye and hand to hand. I didn't expect to respond quite like this - but there is something great about humanity distilled into every frame of this great work.
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Yet another Iconic war movie you might say.
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Made in 1942, whilst WWII was at its height, it's inevitable there's a large slice of propaganda in this. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another wartime classic although fictional
Although most British war films of the 40s and 50s, and some through to the 60s, were fact-based this was pure fiction. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
As an ex Royal Navy man , I found the film very life like as regards the "Navy".
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5.0 out of 5 stars There'll Always Be An England
This film has a special place in my WW 11 memory bank because my uncle served in the Royal Navy during the war and was sunk by a German U boat in 1940. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2011 by Peter Bragg
5.0 out of 5 stars classic
aahh ,what can i say noel cowerd playing mountbaten john mills a tight little story very good moral booster and i liked it.
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by E. R. Kirby
5.0 out of 5 stars "Funny to think this is such a little island, isn't it?"
Opportunities to see Noel Coward recite Noel Coward were necessarily inhibited by his death, but he has left among his filmed artifacts this stunning little achievement, perhaps... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars We few, we happy few
*Actually meant to give this four stars!*

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1.0 out of 5 stars Badly Served
I bought this a gift for my brother as I could not find a PAL version. What a mistake. This disc has been created from a dreadful old print with scratches. flicker and 'tramlines'. Read more
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