5.7
“They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.”
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
January 31, 19571h 44mEN
6.2
42 votes
Overview
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Director
Emeric PressburgerWhere to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$215K
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
The Rank OrganisationVega Film
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7.0Dirk Bogarde was good in these light-hearted but entertaining wartime dramas, and together here with Marius Goring manages to keep this moving along well. He's a British officer on Crete who comes up with a plan to kidnap the Nazi's commanding general "Kreipe" (Goring) together with the local resistance. Quite quickly, they discover that the general isn't that well protected. Getting him is one thing, keeping him and getting him off the island is going to be something completely different though as it turns out he's quite a shrewd customer. With the soldiers combing the island to find them, we…
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