The Silver Fleet

The Silver Fleet

88 mins | Drama, War | March 15, 1943

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?

The Silver Fleet

88 mins | Drama, War | March 15, 1943

The Silver Fleet
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers The Archers
Original title The Silver Fleet
Directors Denis Kavanagh, Gordon Wellesley, Vernon Sewell
Writers Gordon Wellesley, Vernon Sewell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

Ralph Richardson

as Jaap van Leyden

Googie Withers

as Helène van Leyden

Esmond Knight

as Von Schiffer

Beresford Egan

as Krampf

Frederick Burtwell

as Captain Müller

Kathleen Byron

as Schoolmistress

Willem Akkerman

as Willem van Leyden

Dorothy Gordon

as Janni Peters

Charles Victor

as Bastiaan Peters

John Longden

as Jost Meertens

Joss Ambler

as Cornelis Smit

Margaret Emden

as Bertha

Neville Mapp

as Joop

Ivor Barnard

as Admiral

John Carol

as Johann

Philip Leaver

as Chief of Police

Lawrence O'Madden

as Captain Schneider

Anthony Eustrel

as Lieutenant Wernicke

Valentine Dyall

as Markgraf