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Operation Mincemeat (2022)

PG-1304/01/2022War, History, Drama2h 8m

Deception. The greatest weapon in war.

Overview

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Colin Firth

    Ewen Montagu

  2. Cast 1

    Matthew Macfadyen

    Charles Cholmondeley

  3. Cast 1

    Kelly Macdonald

    Jean Leslie

  4. Cast 1

    Penelope Wilton

    Hester Leggett

  5. Cast 1

    Johnny Flynn

    Ian Fleming

  6. Cast 1

    Jason Isaacs

    Admiral John Godfrey

  7. Cast 1

    Mark Gatiss

    Ivor Montazac

  8. Cast 1

    Hattie Morahan

    Iris Montazac

  9. Cast 1

    Paul Ritter

    Bentley Purchase

Why, oh why, did they have to clutter this up with a romance? As a wartime adventure film, it's got all the ingredients for a cracker. As WWII starts to turn into a more offensive affair, the allies are looking for any means to divert the Nazis from their true intentions. To that end, "Montague" (Colin Firth) and "Colmondeley" (Matthew Macfadyen) concoct a cunning plan to plant fake documents on a corpse, wash it ashore in Spain and then let corruption and a nefarious network of spies do their worst! It's a remake of the exciting "Man Who Never Was" (1956) and to be fair, is quite a good one. ...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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