Triple Cross (1966)

Triple Cross (1966) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
134 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Terence Young

Written By:
Frank Owen
René Hardy

Actors:
Christopher Plummer ..... Eddie Chapman
Romy Schneider ..... Countess
Trevor Howard ..... Distinguished Civilian (Freddie Young)
Gert Fröbe ..... Col. Steinhager (as Gert Frobe)
Claudine Auger ..... Paulette
Yul Brynner ..... Baron von Grunen
Georges Lycan ..... Leo
Jess Hahn ..... Cmdr. Braid
Harry Meyen ..... Lt. Keller
Gil Barber ..... Bergman
Jean-Claude Bercq ..... Maj. von Leeb
Jean Claudio ..... Sgt. Thomas
Robert Favart ..... Gen. Dalrymple
Bernard Fresson ..... French Resistant (Raymond)
Clément Harari ..... Losch (as Clement Harari)

Synopsis:

***Attention - German audio version - 134 min & English audio version - 120 min.***

Loosely based on a true story, Christopher Plummer plays British bank robber Eddie Chapman who finds himself caught between the waring parties in WW2, the British and the Germans. working as a spy for both sides he tries to play the 3rd Reich and the British against each other. the real life Chapman described himself as a completely 'amoral' person, which adds a nice philosophical touch to this somewhat colorful spy-flic. Is there any moral in making war? Even if you're the 'good' fighting 'evil'?

Triple Cross is a 1966 Anglo-French co-produced film directed by Terence Young and produced by Jacques-Paul Bertrand. It was based loosely on the real life story of Eddie Chapman, believed by the Nazis to be their top spy in Great Britain whilst in fact he was an MI5 double agent known as 'Zigzag'. The film was released in France in December 1966 as La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman but elsewhere in Europe and the US in 1967 as Terence Young's Triple Cross. The title comes from Chapman's signature to mark he was freely transmitting by radio, a Morse code XXX.

Fictionalized account of Eddie Chapman and his exploits during World War II. Chapman was a successful safe cracker, leader of the gelignite gang known for blowing up safes. He's eventually captured and imprisoned on Jersey in the Channel Islands. When the Germans overrun the island, he offers to spy for them in return for his release and appropriate payment. He undergoes extensive training and joins a special service unit commanded by Baron Von Grunen. There is always a reasonable doubt as to his loyalty but manages to pass their tests and is parachuted into England where he immediately turns himself into British authorities. After some convincing they fake his mission to blow up the Vickers aircraft plant and he returns to the continent to a hero's welcome. He continues in this way but it's never clear just where his loyalties lie.

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