Advantages: Based on a true story, lovely scenery Disadvantages: Largely filmed at night, a bit boring
Following a plan to kidnap a German Commander of the island of Crete (Crete was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War) and deliver him to Cairo, two British Intelligence officers, Major Patrick Leigh Fermor and Captain W Stanley Moss, join up with Cretan supporters to carry out the kidnap. As the Commander, Major General Kreipe, is closely guarded by his men at all times, this is no easy task. However, all goes according to plan and ... ...the difficult bit. They have to somehow smuggle him across the island under cover of the dark without being discovered. Will they be successful in their plan to embarrass the Germans? Or will they be caught and face death at the hands of the occupiers?
I rarely watch war films. I find them deeply disturbing and often far too realistic and I would really rather not know. However, this one seemed to be a little different - for a start, it is based ...
sunmeilan 11.09.2007
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On Nazi-occupied Crete, British officers Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) and Moss (David Oxley), ... more
aided by local patriots, are assigned the job of kidnapping the German commander-in-chief General Kreipe (Marius Goring). The operation, if successful, will be an in...
Production Year: 1960 - War - Director: Lewis Gilbert - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Laurence Naismith, Carl Mohner, Dana Wynter, Kenneth More, Karel Stepanek