

A distress call from a trawler leads various people to come to the crew's aid.
Direction
Christian-Jaque orchestrates 4 countries without losing intimacy.
Acting
Trintignant's debut radiates nervous idealism.
Production
Real trawlers, real North Sea, zero green screen.

Director
Christian-Jaque
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Suez Crisis, this was deliberate propaganda for European unity—and it actually worked on audiences.
Real amateur radio operators coordinated the fictional distress call, causing actual emergency services to mobilize. Oops.
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