Story Line
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
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Top Cast
Margaret Lockwood
Anna Bomasch
Rex Harrison
Gus Bennett
Paul Henreid
Karl Marsen
Basil Radford
Charters
Naunton Wayne
Caldicott
James Harcourt
Axel Bomasch
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
1940-08-31
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
DramaThrillerWar
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John Chard
9/10
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CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/23/2022There are shades of the "Lady Vanishes" in Carol Reed's intriguing tale of a complex mission to re-rescue a top Czech scientist from the Nazis. Having already been safely in Britain, he was kidnapped from under the very noses of British intelligence ...