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- Here is the full cast list: Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley Kelly Macdonald as Jean Leslie Penelope Wilton as Hester Leggett Johnny Flynn as Ian Fleming Jason Isaacs as John Godfrey Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill
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- Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu
- Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley
- Kelly Macdonald as Jean Leslie
- Penelope Wilton as Hester Leggett
- Jason Isaacs as John Godfrey
- Johnny Flynn as Ian Fleming
Colin Firth stars as Ewen Montagu, a Commanding Officer in the Naval Intelligence Division who helped come up with the idea for Operation Mincemeat. Before his involvement in WWII, Montagu served as a machine gun instructor in the First World War and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Harvard University. After his work on Operation Mincemea...
Flight Lieutenant Charles Cholmondeley, the other mastermind behind Operation Mincemeat, is played by Matthew MacFayden. Cholmondeley originally proposed an idea to drop a dead man attached to a parachute into France with a radio intended for the Germans to find which could then be used to feed them misinformation. Though this initial plan wasn’t u...
Kelly Macdonaldplays Jean Leslie, an MI5 secretary whose photograph was crucial to the success of the operation. To make their ruse believable, the team behind Operation Mincemeat had to make their fake dead officer appear to be a person with a rich life and history. They gave him the name Captain William Martin and crafted a fake fiance for him na...
Another woman who helped bring Pam to life was Hester Leggett played by Penelope Wilton. Legget was the leader of the secretarial unit where Jean Leslie worked. Leggett was a fierce woman strongly dedicated to her work. When the team needed fake love letters to plant on Captain Martin, the job of writing them fell to Legget. The official report on ...
Jason Isaacsplays Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Britain's director of naval intelligence during WWII. In 1939, Godfrey crafted a document titled the Trout Memo. In the memo, Godfrey compared the wartime deception of enemies to fly-fishing. The 28th suggestion in the memo detailed an idea to plant misleading papers on a dead body and leave it for the e...
The creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, is portrayed by Johnny Flynn. Before he became a best-selling spy novelist, Fleming served in WWII as John Godfrey’s assistant. In his work as Godfrey’s assistant, Fleming served as a liaison to several wartime administrations including the Secret Intelligence Service and the Prime Minister's staff. Though th...
Two British intelligence officers hatch an outlandish scheme to trick the Nazis and alter the course of World War II. Based on a true story of deception. Watch trailers & learn more.
- John Madden
May 11, 2022 · Operation Mincemeat: Directed by John Madden. With Rufus Wright, Matthew Macfadyen, Ruby Bentall, Charlotte Hamblin. During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops.
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- Drama, War
- John Madden
- 2022-05-11
May 10, 2022 · Penelope Wilton will play Hester Leggett, Jason Isaacs will play John Godfrey, and Johnny Flynn will play Ian Fleming in the Second World War movie. Don't forget to catch Operation Mincemeat ...
Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in the film based on a real British deception operation.
Operation Mincemeat 2022 | Maturity Rating: PG-13 | 2h 7m | Drama Two British intelligence officers hatch an outlandish scheme to trick the Nazis and alter the course of World War II.
