Operation Mincemeat (2021)
It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.
Primary Title
- Operation Mincemeat
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 7 April 2024
Release Year
- 2021
Start Time
- 20 : 40
Finish Time
- 22 : 50
Duration
- 130:00
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Drama
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Drama
- Disinformation--Drama
- Feature films--Great Britain
- Feature films--United States
Genres
- Historical drama
- War
Contributors
- John Madden (Director)
- Michelle Ashford (Writer)
- Ben Macintyre (Writer)
- Colin Firth (Actor)
- Matthew Macfadyen (Actor)
- Kelly Macdonald (Actor)
- Johnny Flynn (Actor)
- Mark Gatiss (Actor)
- Simon Russell Beale (Actor)
- Jason Isaacs (Actor)
- Ruby Bentall (Actor)
- Charlotte Hamblin (Actor)
- Penelope Wilton (Actor)
- Hattie Morahan (Actor)
- Paul Ritter (Actor)
- Mark Bonnar (Actor)
- James Fleet (Actor)
- Charles S. Cohen (Producer)
- Iain Canning (Producer)
- Emile Sherman (Producer)
- Sebastian Blenkov (Director of Photography)
- Victoria Boydell (Editor)
- John Paul Kelly (Production Designer)
- Thomas Newman (Composer)
- FilmNation Entertainment (Production Unit)
- Cross City Films (Production Unit)
- See-Saw Films (Production Unit)
- Cohen Media Group (Production Unit)
- Archery Films (Production Unit)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Drama
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Drama
- Disinformation--Drama
- Feature films--Great Britain
- Feature films--United States