Die Täuschung

Originaltitel: Operation Mincemeat

2021
12
2 Std. 8 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

38.741

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

561

1.314

Colin Firth, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, and Johnny Flynn in Die Täuschung (2021)

It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre.

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.

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55 Fotos

Drama War

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs benutzen zwei Geheimdienstler eine Leiche und falsche Papiere, um die deutschen Truppen zu überlisten.Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs benutzen zwei Geheimdienstler eine Leiche und falsche Papiere, um die deutschen Truppen zu überlisten.Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs benutzen zwei Geheimdienstler eine Leiche und falsche Papiere, um die deutschen Truppen zu überlisten.

Regie
- John Madden
Drehbuch
- Michelle Ashford
- Ben Macintyre
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

38.741

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

561

1.314

Regie
- John Madden
Drehbuch
- Michelle Ashford
- Ben Macintyre
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Operation Mincemeat was a massive gamble by British naval intelligence, even long after it was known the German spy network had fallen for it. A high ranking Nazi officer, thought to be Heinrich Himmler, supposedly told Adolf Hitler he had a feeling it was a deception, but his concerns were dismissed.

Patzer
The main characters refer to "Bletchley Park" several times. In fact, during the war, Bletchley Park was known as "Station X" to hide what it was, where it was, and what work was done there. Its work was so highly classified even those within Station X knew little of what their work colleagues were engaged in. Montagu and Cholmondeley would never have known what happened there.

Zitate
Ewen Montagu: But the real tribute tonight goes to Iris, my brilliant wife, who in the morning sails to less troubled shores with our nestlings in tow. Iris is wiser than Solomon, stronger than Samson, and more patient than Job. But she has to be. She's married to me.

Verbindungen
Referenced in OWV Updates: Blu-Ray Update (11/06/2023) (2023)

Soundtracks
Fallen Soldier
Written by James Morgan and Juliette Pochin
Performed by James Morgan

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

7/10

Operation "everyone likes Kelly Macdonald"

It was enjoyable enough but I really wanted to enjoy this more than I did.

It seemed to unnecessarily labour several male characters fancying Kelly Macdonald's character. All the time taken up on this tiresome sub-plot would have been better spent on some of the main story. Also, a triple-agent character giving a hand job to someone just seemed unlikely and out of place.

One of several nods to James Bond was an unfeasibly high-powered buzzsaw watch as a throwaway gag (because of Ian Fleming being a character) was corny and distracting.

I somehow expected it would be more engaging, gritty and revealing than the 1956 film, but it seemed pretty typical and formulaic like many modern British WWII themed films with foiled wartime romances crow-barred in.

There are some great actors in the film but some of them seem to be overused in other similar roles the same era. It even seemed a little like a mini "Death of Stalin" reunion for Jason Isaacs and Simon Russell Beale.

Perhaps I'm being too unkind to the film, but I was looking forward to it and fell a little short of expectations.