Odette (1950)
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
War, Drama, History
Cast
- Anna Neagle — Odette
- Trevor Howard — Captain Peter Churchill
- Marius Goring — Colonel Henri
- Peter Ustinov — Lt. Alex Rabinovich
- Bernard Lee — Jack
- Maurice Buckmaster — Himself
- Alfred Schieske — Camp Commandant
- Gilles Quéant — Jacques (as Gilles Queant)
- Marianne Walla — S.S. Wardress
- Fritz Wendhausen — Colonel (as F.R. Wendhousen)
- Wolf Frees — Major (uncredited)
- Liselotte Goettinger — German POW Camp Officer (uncredited)
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