Operation Mincemeat is a movie directed by John Madden in 2021 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 movie features Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Gatiss, Kelly MacDonald, Johnny Flynn, Penelope Wilton, and others.
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Storyline
Set in 1943, when the Allies are determined to launch an all-out assault on Fortress Europe. But they face an impossible challenge – to protect a massive invasion force from entrenched German firepower and avert a potential massacre. It falls to two brilliant intelligence officers to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war.
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
128
Movie Rate
6.80
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
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Russell England
User polls & recommendations
“I’m always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.”
SEAN PENN (Actor, Filmmaker)
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