Operation Mincemeat is a documentary directed by Russell England in 2010 and based on the book Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre, first published in 2010. The documentary features Ben Macintyre, Peter Noakes, Lyndal Marwick, Annabel Capper, Stuart Saunders, Jan de Lukowicz, and others.
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Storyline
Using original witnesses, Ben Macintyre recreates the remarkable story of how one brilliant team, and one dead tramp, pulled off a deception which changed the course of WWII.
Movie vs Book
Year
2010
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Year
2010
Pages
416
Book Rate
7.94
S: Goodreads
Book
Operation Mincemeat
Original title: Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II
Subtitle: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Author: Ben Macintyre
Country: UK
First published in: 2010
Length: 416 pages
Genre: Biography
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Movie by John Madden
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“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination.”
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