Movie: "Carve Her Name with Pride"
| Release Date: | Jan 1958 |
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| Genres: | Drama / War |
| Awards | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. |
| Runtime: | 119 min. |
| Cast: | Virginia McKenna (Violette Szabo), Paul Scofield (Tony Fraser) Jack Warner (Mr. Bushell) Denise Grey (Mrs. Bushell) Alain Saury (Etienne Szabo) Maurice Ronet (Jacques) Anne Leon (Lillian Rolfe) Sydney Tafler (Potter) Avice Landone (Vera Atkins) Nicole Stéphane (Denise Bloch (as Nicole Stephane)) Noel Willman (Interrogator) Bill Owen (N.C.O. Instructor) Billie Whitelaw (Winnie) William Mervyn (Colonel Buckmaster) Michael Goodliffe (Coding Expert) André Maranne (Garage Man (as Andre Maranne)) Harold Lang (Commandant Suhren) Victor Beaumont (Gestapo man (uncredited)) Josef Behrmann (Gestapo Officer (uncredited)) Michael Caine (Extra (uncredited)) Anne Castaldini (Bit part (uncredited)) Pauline Challoner (Tania Szabo (uncredited)) Guy Deghy (SS man (uncredited)) Liselotte Goettinger (German POW camp officer (uncredited)) Stewart Guidotti (Bit part (uncredited)) John G. Heller (Gestapo man (uncredited)) Jemma Hyde (Bit Part (uncredited)) Miriam Karlin (Jennie Wilson, Bus Conductress...) John Kirkup (Bus Driver (uncredited)) Victor Maddern (Sergeant, Parachute Training...) Virginia Maskell (Wren (uncredited)) Mark Milleham (Child (uncredited)) John Serret (Resistance worker (uncredited)) Mary Steele (Wren Officer (uncredited)) Julia Sutton (Bit part (uncredited)) Jackie Swainson (Perky Blonde (uncredited)) Marianne Walla (Bit part (uncredited)) Donovan Winter (Extra (uncredited)) |
Storyline: 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" ?
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