Cast
Colin Firth
Ewen Montagu
Matthew Macfadyen
Charles Cholmondeley
Kelly Macdonald
Jean Leslie
Penelope Wilton
Hester Leggett
Johnny Flynn
Ian Fleming
Jason Isaacs
Admiral John Godfrey
Mark Gatiss
Ivor Montazac
Hattie Morahan
Iris Montazac
Paul Ritter
Bentley Purchase
Simon Russell Beale
Winston Churchill
Lorne MacFadyen
Sgt. Roger Dearborn / Glyndwr ...
Markus von Lingen
Adolf Clauss
Ruby Bentall
Connie Bukes
Alex Jennings
John Masterman
Ellie Haddington
Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
Nicholas Rowe
Capt. David Ainsworth
Will Keen
Salvador Gomez-Beare
Mark Bonnar
Jock Horsfall
James Fleet
Charles Fraser-Smith
Alexander Beyer
Karl Kuhlenthal
Nico Birnbaum
Colonel Alexis von Roenne
Pep Tosar
Admiral Moreno
Alba Brunet
Ana Flores
Pedro Casablanc
Dr. Del Torno
Óscar Zafra
Colonel Cerruti
Javier Godino
Judge Pascual del Pobil
Jonjo O'Neill
Teddy
Amy Marston
Nurse Tate
Gabrielle Creevy
Doris Michael
Simon Rouse
Coroner Birtwistle
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
GB, US
Reviews
Why, oh why, did they have to clutter this up with a romance? As a wartime adventure film, it's got all the ingredients for a cracker. As WWII starts to turn into a more offensive affair, the allies are looking for any means to divert the Nazis from their true intentions. To that end, "Montague" (Colin Firth) and "Colmondeley" (Matthew Macfadyen) concoct a cunning plan to plant fake documents on a corpse, wash it ashore in Spain and then let corruption and a nefarious ...
It's nothing that I overly enjoyed, though 'Operation Mincemeat' is a good flick.
A suitably entertaining (true, if likely 'reimagined' and all that) tale is told within roughly 128 minutes, I do think that run time could've been shorter but I wouldn't go as far as to say it drags or anything - I just felt a few moments at the end where it could've been wrapped up quicker, that's all.
Most things in this film are what you'd pretty...
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