Pursuit Of The Graf Spee

About this movie

December 1939. The German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee prowls the South Atlantic, sinking Allied merchant ships. After months of successful raids, the Graf Spee confronts three British cruisers - HMS Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles - off the coast of South America. In the ensuing battle, while the Graf Spee inflicts heavy damage on the British ships, particularly the Exeter, it also sustains significant damage itself. The German vessel retreats to the neutral port of Montevideo, Uruguay, where international law allows only a 72-hour stay for repairs. What follows is a battle of wits and nerves, as British diplomatic and intelligence officers work to convince the Germans that a superior British force awaits outside the harbor, while the Graf Spee's Captain Langsdorff must decide between three impossible choices: internment, suicide mission against supposedly superior forces, or scuttling his ship.