The movie
Operation Mincemeat
An extraordinary true story of the most successful wartime deception of all time, an operation that changed the course of World War II.
Length: 128 min
Country: Verenigde Staten
Language spoken: Engels, Spaans
Language subtitles: Nederlands
Cast: Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Jason Isaacs
Director: John Madden
Release date: 2022
Description
Based on the bestseller by Ben MacIntyre, directed by Oscar-nominee John Madden (‘Shakespeare in Love’), and produced by the team behind ‘The Kings Speech’, ‘Operation Mincemeat’ tells the extraordinary true story of the most successful wartime deception of all time, an operation that changed the course of World War II. It is 1943. Determined to wrest Europe from Hitler's iron grip, the Allies plan a major attack on Sicily. But they face an impossible challenge: how can they protect a massive invasion force from a potential bloodbath? Two special intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen), are tasked with concocting the most brilliant and extraordinary disinformation strategy of the entire war, based on a highly unlikely secret agent: a dead man…
