1960 · 100 min · dramat · wojenny · romans

A Circle of Deception

Znany też jako: 20 Sekunder Tilbage · Ston kloio ton kataskopon · Στον κλοιό τον κατασκόπων · Circle of Deception · Destruction Test · Interrogatoire secret · Vihollisen armoilla · Battaglie di spie · Círculo de Decepção · Cercul deceptiei · El espía · 20 sekunder från döden

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Opis oryginalny: angielski

In 1944, prior to the Allied landings in Normandy, British Intelligence is anxious to mislead the Germans regarding the actual landing sites. The logical place for landings is Pas-De-Calais, France, where the distance between UK and France is shortest. The Germans know it and expect the Allies to land there. However, the Allies plan to land in Normandy but they continue in misleading the Germans about landings in Pas De Calais. British Navy Captain Thomas Rawson, in charge of an intelligence unit, plans to mislead the Germans by dropping a British officer in their lap. That officer would be misled himself to believe that Pas-De-Calais is the correct area. Then, he would be sent there, to coordinate French resistance. In reality, he would be sacrificed to the Gestapo.The ideal patsy should resist interrogation under torture, if captured, but should eventually crack and reveal what he knows. Of course, he would reveal what he was told by British Intelligence, which is plain ...

Reżyseria: Jack Lee

Scenariusz: Nigel Balchin, Robert Musel, Alec Waugh

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