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02/10/1950 War, Drama, History 2h 4m
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The Dramatic Story of a Woman's Courage!

Overview

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)

  1. Herbert Wilcox

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anna Neagle

    Odette

  2. Trevor Howard

    Captain Peter Churchill

  3. Marius Goring

    Colonel Henri

  4. Peter Ustinov

    Lt. Alex Rabinovich

  5. Bernard Lee

    Jack

  6. Maurice Buckmaster

    Himself

  7. Alfred Schieske

    Camp Commandant

  8. Gilles Quéant

    Jacques (as Gilles Queant)

  9. Marianne Walla

    S.S. Wardress

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-27
Whilst not the paciest of WWII espionage stories, it is certainly one of the most considered - and by a clever use of subtle staging and lighting/sound manages to demonstrate the truly appalling nature of the Nazi treatment of the Allied intelligence gatherers/saboteurs and their brave French associates during the war. Based on a real person, a strong, determined, Anna Neagle - in the title role - is parachuted into occupied France where, with Trevor Howard and Peter Ustinov, she works to help the locals survive the tyranny of their new masters whilst passing back vital information to Britain....read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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