Destination Tokyo

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Movie
German title Destination Tokyo
Original title Destination Tokyo
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1943
length 135 minutes
Rod
Director Delmer Daves
script Delmer Daves ,
Albert Maltz
production Jerry Woods
music Franz Waxman
camera Bert Glennon
cut Christian Nyby
occupation

Destination Tokyo (original title: Destination Tokyo ) is an American war film by director Delmer Daves from 1943 and is based on the story of the same name by Steve Fisher. The German premiere was on June 2, 1946.

action

The American submarine USS Copperfin leaves the port of San Francisco on Christmas Eve on a secret mission. Captain Cassidy is in command of the boat. At sea, he opens the sealed envelope that contains his mission orders. First Cassidy is supposed to call at the Aleutian Islands to take the meteorologist Raymond on board. Then it should go to Tokyo Bay. There the weather conditions will be investigated so that the so-called Doolittle Raid , the first Allied air raid on the Japanese capital Tokyo , can be prepared.

The Copperfin is attacked by two Japanese planes. Both can be shot down. One of the pilots is able to save himself with a parachute and lands in the water. Mike wants to pull the Japanese out of the water, but is stabbed by him. The recruit Tommy Adams shoots the Japanese pilot. Tommy blames himself for being too slow and thus complicit in Mike's death. That's why Tommy volunteers to defuse an unexploded Japanese bomb below deck. At the subsequent burial at sea for Mike, Tin Can, a born Greek, is not present, which annoys his comrades. Tin Can declares that every death of an Allied soldier causes him great heartache.

The American submarine has to maneuver through minefields near Tokyo Bay. When several Japanese ships enter the bay, Cassidy follows them in their wake. A small group goes ashore at night to check out the weather. Meanwhile, Tommy suffers from an inflammation of the appendix. The ship's doctor Pills has to operate on him, using the instructions of a medical manual. His instruments for the operation are also improvised.

To avoid discovery, Raymond transmits his findings in Japanese. But the Japanese are alarmed and search the bay. The Copperfin can still escape undetected. The seamen witness the air raid through the periscope. Then the submarine leaves the bay in the wake of a departing ship.

Cassidy later sinks a Japanese aircraft carrier, but his boat is badly damaged by the escort. Desperate, Cassidy attacks again, sinks a destroyer and enables his crew to reach San Francisco safely.

Reviews

"Elaborate and action-packed homage to American soldiers and equipment in World War II."

Awards

background

  • The scenes of the appendix operation on board the submarine shown in the film were adopted by the US Navy as a training film during the Second World War .
  • The later leading actor of the television series The Denver Clan , John Forsythe , can be seen in a small supporting role .
  • The film was Delmer Daves' directorial debut .
  • The film's military adviser was Lieutenant Commander Phillip Compton.
  • For Dane Clark, who worked a lot for television until the 1980s, the film was one of the first to be featured in the credits.
  • The film was shot in California .
  • Film editor Nyby switched to directing in 1951 and achieved a worldwide success with his debut film The Thing from Another World .
  • Composer Waxman was honored with an Oscar in 1951 and 1952, special effects technician Lawrence W. Butler in 1976.
  • The musical director Leo F. Forbstein came to the set with an Oscar award. He won his Oscar in 1937.

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. cf. Lexicon of International Films 2000/2001 (CD-ROM)