The Dramatic Story of a Woman's Courage!
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
- 6.2
- 1950
- Released
- 2h 4m
Anna Neagle
Odette
Trevor Howard
Captain Peter Churchill
Marius Goring
Colonel Henri
Peter Ustinov
Lt. Alex Rabinovich
Bernard Lee
Jack
Maurice Buckmaster
HimselfAlfred Schieske
Camp CommandantGilles Quéant
Jacques (as Gilles Queant)Marianne Walla
S.S. WardressWolf Frees
Major (uncredited)Liselotte Goettinger
German POW Camp Officer (uncredited)
Marie Burke
Mme. Gliere (uncredited)Campbell Gray
George Hilsdon
Hugh Morton
Catherine Paul
Derrick Penley
Joe Phelps
Dido Plumb
James Ure
Billy Wilmot
Released
en
- #concentration camp
- #based on true story
- #1940s
Reviews
Whilst not the paciest of WWII espionage stories, it is certainly one of the most considered - and by a clever use of subtle staging and lighting/sound manages to demonstrate the truly appalling nature of the Nazi treatment of the Allied intelligence gatherers/saboteurs and their brave French associates during the war. Based on a real person, a strong, determined, Anna Neagle - in the title role -