La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman

original title:
La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman
other titles:
Triple Cross, (Spion zwischen zwei Fronten)
country / year of production:
France , Great Britain / 1966
original length:
126 min. , color
premiere:
9 December 1966
genre:
adventure
based on:
Frank Owen. The Eddie Chapman Story. London: Allan Wingate, 1953.
director:
Terence Young
film script:
René Hardy , William Marchant , Frank Owen
producer:
Jacques Paul Bertrand
cinematographer:
editor:
Roger Dwyre
composer:
Georges Garvarentz
cast (role):
Christopher Plummer (Eddie Chapman/"Fritz Grauman") , Romy Schneider (Countess) , Trevor Howard (Freddie Young) , Yul Brynner (Col. Baron von Grunen) , Gert Fröbe (Colonel Steinhanger) , Christopher Plummer , Romy Schneider , Trevor Howard , Yul Brynner , Gert Fröbe
more:
plot synopsis:
Eddie Chapman is a British safecracker who was in prison when WWII broke out. When the Germans occupied the area, he offers to work for them if they will set him free and they do so, sending him as a spy to England. Once there, however, he offers his services to the British and becomes a double agent.
keywords:
espionage , captivity , invasion , high treason
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
availability:
DVD