Operation Mincemeat: the most unusual event of World War II arrives on Netflix

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World War II-themed movies are always on the cutting edge. Now a new title arrives and it comes from the hand of Netflix, it is about Operation Mincemeat. This story relates the strange plan of the British army that ensured a major victory over the Nazi regime.

Operation Mincemeat is based on Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory, a book written by Ben MacIntyre. The action takes us to 1943, when the allied forces plan an assault on Sicily, which will help break Hitler’s control over occupied Europe. This plan is premised on avoiding as many dead allies as possible. Given this, MI5 officer Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) and naval intelligence officer Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) devise a totally crazy plan, planting a corpse on the shores of Sicily and containing false documents to deceive the Axis troops. and mislead them about the real place of the attack.

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The film is directed by John Madden (The Exotic Marigold Hotel, Passionate Shakespeare) and has an adapted screenplay written by Michelle Ashford. Bringing this iconic war story to life is an ensemble cast consisting of Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Rufus Wright, Charlotte Hamblin, Mark Gatiss and Jason Isaacs.

To prepare the public, Netflix released the first trailer, which shows how the British army seeks to play “a humiliating joke on Hitler” with its plan. You can also see all the problems and details that had to be taken into account in order to carry out such an insane operation against the Third Reich.

Operation Mincemeat will arrive on the streaming platform on May 11, previously it will have its place in a select group of movie theaters.

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