Operation Mincemeat

Deception. The greatest weapon in war.

Genres

WarHistoryDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

128 mins

Rating

6.501/10

Release Date

01 April 2022

Country

Australia

Cast

Colin Firth

Ewen Montagu

Matthew Macfadyen

Charles Cholmondeley

Kelly Macdonald

Jean Leslie

Penelope Wilton

Hester Leggett

Johnny Flynn

Ian Fleming

Jason Isaacs

Admiral John Godfrey

Mark Gatiss

Ivor Montazac

Hattie Morahan

Iris Montazac

Paul Ritter

Bentley Purchase

Simon Russell Beale

Winston Churchill

Lorne MacFadyen

Sgt. Roger Dearborn / Glyndwr Michael

Markus von Lingen

Adolf Clauss

Ruby Bentall

Connie Bukes

Alex Jennings

John Masterman

Ellie Haddington

Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley

Nicholas Rowe

Capt. David Ainsworth

Will Keen

Salvador Gomez-Beare

Mark Bonnar

Jock Horsfall

James Fleet

Charles Fraser-Smith

Alexander Beyer

Karl Kuhlenthal

Nico Birnbaum

Colonel Alexis von Roenne

Pep Tosar

Admiral Moreno

Alba Brunet

Ana Flores

Pedro Casablanc

Dr. Del Torno

Óscar Zafra

Colonel Cerruti

Javier Godino

Judge Pascual del Pobil

Jonjo O'Neill

Teddy

Amy Marston

Nurse Tate

Gabrielle Creevy

Doris Michael

Simon Rouse

Coroner Birtwistle

Paul Lancaster

Coroner Pinfield

Michael Bott

Frank Sawyer (Churchill Butler)

Charlotte Hamblin

Patricia Trehearne

Rufus Wright

Lt. Bill Jewell

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