Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Lewis Gilbert

Written By:
Lewis Gilbert
Vernon Harris

Actors:
Virginia McKenna ..... Violette Szabo
Paul Scofield ..... Tony Fraser
Jack Warner ..... Mr. Charles Bushell
Denise Grey ..... Mrs. Bushell
Alain Saury ..... Etienne Szabo
Maurice Ronet ..... Resistance worker
Anne Leon ..... Lillian Rolfe
Sydney Tafler ..... Potter
Avice Landone ..... Vera Atkins
Nicole Stéphane ..... Denise Bloch
Noel Willman ..... Interrogator
Bill Owen ..... N.C.O. Instructor
Billie Whitelaw ..... Winnie Watson
William Mervyn ..... Maurice Buckmaster (qv)
Michael Goodliffe ..... Coding Expert

Synopsis:

Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War 2. She meets a handsome young French soldier in the park and takes him back for the family Bastille day celebrations. They fall in love, marry and have a baby girl when Violette Szabo receives the dreaded telegram informing her of his death in North Africa. Shortly afterwards, Violette is approached to join the SOE (Special Operations Executive). Should she stay and look after her baby or 'do her duty' ?

Carve Her Name With Pride is based on R. J. Minney's book about real-life British war heroine Violet Szabo. Played by Virginia McKenna, Violet joins the war effort when her French husband is killed. By virtue of her facility at languages, Violet is sent by the British secret service to spy on the Germans. Captured, she is tortured to reveal her secrets; her refusal to betray her comrades earns her the grudging respect of her Nazi tormentors. After her execution, Violet Szabo is posthumously awarded the George Cross.

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