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| Director: |
John Madden | | Writer: |
Michelle Ashford, Ben Macintyre | | Starring: |
Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald | | Released: |
May 12, 2022 | | Rating: |
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127 minutes
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Story: |
During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to
outwit German troops. In the context of WW2 narratives, the story of Operation
Mincemeat is unique: a bizarre and seductive cinematic blend of high-level
espionage and ingenious fiction, where the stakes could hardly be higher.
Michelle Ashford's script
fuses multiple strands and moods: tense, romantic, thrilling, unexpectedly
funny, and endlessly surprising. It tells a richly human story of the soldiers
we seldom see, who fight a different kind of war in shadows and deception,
haunted by the knowledge that certainty and guarantee of success are nowhere
to be found.
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Cast: |
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Colin Firth
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Ewen Montagu
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Matthew Macfadyen
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Charles Cholmondeley
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Kelly Macdonald
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Jean Leslie
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Rufus Wright
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Lt. Bill Jewell
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Ruby Bentall
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Connie Bukes
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Charlotte Hamblin
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Patricia Trehearne
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Johnny Flynn
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Ian Fleming
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Lorne MacFadyen
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Sgt. Roger Dearborn
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Penelope Wilton
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Hester Leggett
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Mark Gatiss
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Ivor Montagu
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Caspar Jennings
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Jeremy Montagu
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Hattie Morahan
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Iris Montagu
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Dolly Gadsdon
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Jennifer Montagu
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Simon Russell Beale
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Winston Churchill
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Michael Bott
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Frank Sawyer (Churchill Butler)
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Jason Isaacs
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Admiral John Godfrey
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Alex Jennings
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John Masterman
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Ellie Haddington
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Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
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