War film branded ‘one of the best ever made’ and starring legendary actor is now on BBC iPlayer

A WARTIME movie deemed 1 of the 'best films ever made' is present disposable connected BBC iPlayer.

The achromatic and achromatic movie - In Which We Serve - was made successful 1942 and was co-directed by Noël Coward and David Lean and charts existent beingness events.

The movie is based connected the existent communicative of the adventures of Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten- the precocious HRH Queen Elizabeth II's archetypal relative - who served aboard the British naval destroyer HMS Torrin.

The movie retells the events of the pb up to the ship's sinking, aft the unit bravely fought the Germans successful the Mediterranean sea.

The communicative is relayed to the assemblage done flashbacks from Noel and the different soldiers connected board.

The narration begins with "This is simply a communicative of a ship" and accounts for the events starring up to the vessel's demise successful the Battle of Crete successful 1941 - each related by Lord Mountbatten himself.

When they wantonness ship, each the sailors and officers cling to a beingness raft and the flashbacks begin.

In the film's contiguous day, German planes proceed to ellipse overhead and snipe astatine the raft but yet they are each rescued and transported to Egypt.

The movie was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

Noel's show arsenic Captain Kinross earned him an honorary Academy Award for Outstanding Production Achievement.

Noel besides wrote the screenplay and composed the score.

John Mills plays Shorty Blake, portion Bernard Miles is main petty serviceman Hardy.

Celia Johnson played Captain Kinross's woman and went connected to prima successful Brief Encounter, which was besides written by Noel.

The movie besides saw the acting debut of Sir Richard Attenborough.

Critics astatine the clip lauded the film, and it was wide fashionable with British audiences, arsenic good arsenic those overseas.

Bosley Crowther wrote successful The New York Times: “None has yet done it truthful sharply and truthful genuinely arsenic In Which We Serve... For the large happening which Mr. Coward has accomplished successful this movie is simply a afloat and implicit look of nationalist fortitude.”

In Which We Serve is disposable connected BBC iPlayer now.