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Operation Mincemeat

Deception. The greatest weapon in war.

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

20222h 8mPG-13War, History, Drama

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About Operation Mincemeat

Directors
John Madden
Cast
Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Jason Isaacs
Genres
War, History, Drama
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom, United States of America, Spain, Australia
Status
Released

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