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''Sink the Bismarck!'' is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the book ''Last Nine Days of the Bismarck'' by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert.〔Weiler, A.H. ("Movie Review – Sink the Bismarck – Of Men and Ships." ) ''The New York Times''.〕 To date, it is the only film made that deals directly with the operations, chase and sinking of the battleship by the Royal Navy during the Second World War.〔Rico, José M. ("Sink the Bismarck!" ) ''kbismarck.com'', 2011. Retrieved: 1 December 2013.〕 Although war films were common in the 1960s, ''Sink the Bismarck!'' was seen as something of an anomaly, with much of its time devoted to the "unsung back-room planners as much as on the combatants themselves."〔 Its historical accuracy, in particular, met with much praise despite a number of inconsistencies.〔 ''Sink the Bismarck!'' was the inspiration for Johnny Horton's popular 1960 song, "Sink the Bismarck."〔Polmar and Cavas 2009, p. 251.〕 The film had its Royal World Premiere in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh at the Odeon Leicester Square on 11 February 1960. ==Plot== In 1939, Nazi Germany's largest and most powerful battleship, ''Bismarck'', is launched in a ceremony at Hamburg with Adolf Hitler attending. The launching of the hull is seen as the beginning of a new era of German sea power. Two years later, in 1941, British convoys are being ravaged by U-boats and surface raider attacks that cut off supplies essential for Britains needs to continue the war. In May, British intelligence discovers the ''Bismarck'' and the heavy cruiser are about to break out of the Baltic and into the North Atlantic to attack convoys. Meanwhile, a spy in Norway spots the ''Bismarck'' and the ''Prinz Eugen'' he attempts to alert the British by telegraph but he is discovered by the Germans and killed. He is only able to message that one of the ships is ''Prince Eugen'' but is shot before he can message the second ship which was the ''Bismarck''. The man assigned to co-ordinate the hunt is the Admiralty's chief of operations, Captain Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More), who has been distraught over the death of his wife in an air raid and the sinking of his ship by German ships commanded by Admiral Günther Lütjens (Karel Štěpánek). Upon receiving his new post, Shepard discovers Lütjens is the fleet commander on the ''Bismarck''. Shepard's experience of conflict with Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' and his understanding of Lütjens allow him to predict the ''Bismarck''s movements. Shepard acts coldly to his staff but comes increasingly to rely on the coolness and skill of his assistant, WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis (Dana Wynter). Lütjens is also bitter. After the First World War, he considered that he had received no recognition for his efforts in the war. Lütjens promises the captain of the ''Bismarck'', Ernst Lindemann (Carl Möhner), that this time, he and Germany will be remembered in greatness. The break-out of the ''Bismarck'' and its escort ''Prinz Eugen'' includes the sinking of in the waters south of Iceland. The battleship's escape is shadowed by smaller British ships. Shepard, obsessed with ''Bismarck'', must endure the likely death of his son as an air-gunner on a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber from , one of the British ships deployed to the hunt. He gambles that Lütjens is returning to friendly waters where U-boats and air cover will make it impossible to attack. Shepard commits large forces stripped from convoy escort and uses Catalina flying boats to search for the battleship. His hunch proves correct, and ''Bismarck'' is located, apparently steaming towards the German-occupied French coast. British forces have a narrow window to destroy or slow their prey before German support and their own diminishing fuel supplies prevent further attack. Swordfish aircraft from HMS ''Ark Royal'' have two chances. The first fails: they misidentify as ''Bismarck''; the new magnetic torpedo detonators are faulty and most explode as they hit the water. Switching to conventional contact detonators, the second attack is successful, with damage jamming ''Bismarck''s rudder. Unable to repair the rudder, the German battleship steams in circles. A night attack by British destroyers torpedoes ''Bismarck'', but the battleship returns fire, sinking one of the pursuing destroyers. The main force of British ships (including battleships and ) find ''Bismarck'' the next day and rain gunfire on her. Lütjens in his final moments insists to Lindemann that German forces will arrive to save them, but he dies when a shell destroys ''Bismarck''s bridge. After that the remaining officers declare Abandon Ship! In the ''King George V'' Admiral Tovey orders the newly joined cruiser to finish ''Bismarck'' off with torpedoes. The cruiser fires a salvo of six torpedoes at the already sinking and severely damaged vessel. Four torpedoes strike the hull, causing the ship to list faster than the men can get out. The Captain in K.G.V bows his head as the ''Bismarck'' rolls over and sinks beneath the waves. The Admiral orders ''Dorsetshire'' to pick up the remaining survivors, and finally says tersely: "Well Gentlemen, let's go home" After the sinking of the ''Bismarck'', and having been told that his son has been rescued, Shepard asks Davis out to dinner, believing it to be nine o'clock at night, only to realise it is nine in the morning. Davis suggests breakfast, and they walk off together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sink the Bismarck!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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