Ill Met by Moonlight
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Produced by The Rank Organisation, Vega Film
A rousing wartime adventure about British-led partisans executing a daring kidnapping operation on occupied Crete, balancing tactical tension with camaraderie and period charm.
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Essence
Ensemble
Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley
Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
Manoli
Wolfe Morris
George
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
Elias
Brian Worth
Roland Bartrop
Miki
George Eugeniou
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