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The Man Who Never Was

1956Royaume-Uni103 min
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The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.

DirectorRonald Neame
Genresthriller · film de guerre · drame · film historique
CountryRoyaume-Uni
Runtime103 min
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This entry is drawn from the film catalogue and retains its source references. Missing fields are shown as missing.

Record source: The Film world cinema index

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