San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London
Original British quad format cinema poster
Directed byCharles Frend
Robert Hamer (uncredited)
Screenplay byCharles Frend
Robert Hamer
F. Tennyson Jesse
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringArthur Young
Walter Fitzgerald
Ralph Michael
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Edited byEily Boland
Music byJohn D. H. Greenwood
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 21 February 1944 (1944-02-21)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

San Demetrio London is a 1943 British World War II docudrama based on the true story of the 1940 salvage of the tanker MV San Demetrio by some of her own crew, who reboarded her after she had been set on fire by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then abandoned, during the Battle of the Atlantic. The film was produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios and directed by Charles Frend.