Odette

original title:
Odette
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1950
original length:
106 min. , black/white
premiere:
DK: 7 October 1950
genre:
Thriller
based on:
Jerrard Tickell. Odette. The story of a British agent. London: Chapman & Hall, 1950.
director:
Herbert Sydney Wilcox
film script:
Warren Chetham Strode , Jerrard Tickell
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cast (role):
Anna Neagle , Trevor Howard
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plot synopsis:
This film deals with a brave woman during World war II. She joins the SOE (Special Operations Executive), is flown into the occupied France and fights with the French resistance. When she is captured and tortured by the Gestapo, she refuses to identify her accomplices.
keywords:
based on a true story , espionage , torture , women during wartime , prisoners of war , single fighter
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Hanna Elling: Frauen im deutschen Widerstand 1933-45. Frankfurt a. M.: Röderberg-Verl., 1979.
remarks:
Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odette_Sansom
availability:
VHS