Operation Mincemeat (M)

Based on extraordinary true events.

Set in 1943, the film follows two brilliant intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley who conceived a plan that was dubbed Operation Mincemeat. They would trick the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece rather than Sicily. Their plan was to get a corpse, equip it with misleading papers, then drop it off the coast of Spain where Nazi spies would take the bait.

Cast: Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfayden, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn

Director: John Madden

"A ripping yarn" DAILY MAIL UK

"Highly recommended" SUNDAY MAIL

"Matthew Macfadyen steals the show in [this] pacy war thriller" TIMES UK

"a solidly entertaining film liberally sprinkled with excellent performances" THE ARTS DESK

"a spirited and gently entertaining slice of wartime espionage, with sharp, wry performances from the ensemble cast" EMPIRE MAGAZINE

"it has a terrific cast that includes not one but two Mr Darcys" THE SPECTATOR