Ordinary women. Extraordinary heroes.
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
- 6.8
- 2020
- Released
- 2h 4m
Sarah Megan Thomas
Virginia Hall
Stana Katic
Vera Atkins
Radhika Apte
Noor Inayat Khan
Linus Roache
Maurice Buckmaster
Rossif Sutherland
Dr. Chevain
Samuel Roukin
Christopher
Laila Robins
Pirani
Marc Rissmann
Klaus Barbie
David Schaal
Colonel Gubbins
Matt Salinger
William Donovan
Andrew Richardson
Alfonse
Rob Heaps
Paul
Joe Doyle
Father Robert Alesche
Mathilde Ollivier
Giselle
Lola Pashalinski
Hilda Atkins
Cynthia Mace
Madame Dubois
Alistair Brammer
Leo Marks
Marceline Hugot
Sister Francis
Sigrid Owen
Emilie
Jean Brassard
George
Ben Chase
Wounded Agent James
Elise Eberle
Serena
Pascal Yen-Pfister
French Policeman
Juliana Sass
Isabella
Thomas Belgrey
Vichy Prison GuardCharles Brunton
MarkAlexa Salamé
RoseDavid Horvilleur
French PolicemanJoe Layton
SOE Agent DowdJames Devon
U.S. Embassy Manager
Helen Kennedy
Anna Buckmaster
Brittany Vicars
YvelineJoseph McGranaghan
Thin Man
Richie Stephens
Training Officer JohnTodd Justice Hedenber
Trainee
Gemma Massot
VictoriaChristian Horn
SOE Agent
Mikaela Izquierdo
French WomanBálint Bán
Gestapo AgentDániel Benedek
Giselle's Husband
Carrington Vilmont
German Soldier
Released
en
- #based on true story
Reviews
One of the limitations of a large scope war film is that you lose the human story that attracts audiences to the event. When something like a war - huge in scope by nature - is depicted on-screen (and likewise in education), you need a human focus to even begin to comprehend the magnitude of the real-world horror. Thomas does that here with the exceptional real-life stories of these women. It fall