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The King Who Fooled Hitler

7.0

Released May 05, 2019Runtime 44min

In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Brave New Media

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Cast

Helen McCroryNarrator (voice)

Richard J. AldrichSelf - University of Warwick

Rory CormacSelf - Associate Professor, Nottingham University

King George VI of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)

Neville ChamberlainSelf (archive footage)

Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)

Caroline ErskineSelf - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles

Adolf HitlerSelf - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)

Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)

Crew

Paul ElstonDirector

Paul ElstonWriter

Simon BerthonExecutive Producer

Paul ElstonProducer

Chris VileDirector of Photography

Garry CrystalEditor

Olita-may Forbes AdamArt Direction

Richard GottSound

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Reviews

by Peter McGinn

I watched this documentary because of my long term interest in the history of the British Monarchy. I have always appreciated King George VII because he overcame a lot to become such a worthy king. He had to change his way of living as he had long been sure he was not in the direct line of successi...