Register here for free filmmaker Q+A on Tue, Sept 29, 7:30PM EDT.
As Great Britain’s forces were stretched thin during World War II, Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) began to enlist women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. Spymistress Vera Atkins, later the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise, was the chief recruiter for this secret army. Atkins selected two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall, an American journalist from Baltimore hampered by a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, a wireless officer of Indian descent and an avowed pacifist. Together, they worked to undermine the Nazi regime in France. The courage, sacrifices and grit of these three women helped quell the Nazi occupation – and ultimately turned the tide of the war.
Presented in partnership with IFC Films and Tamar Simon from Mean Streets Management.
- Year2020
- Runtime123 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLydia Dean Pilcher
- ScreenwriterSarah Megan Thomas
- ProducerSarah Megan Thomas
- CastSarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Linus Roache, Mathilde Ollivier, Laila Robins
Register here for free filmmaker Q+A on Tue, Sept 29, 7:30PM EDT.
As Great Britain’s forces were stretched thin during World War II, Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) began to enlist women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. Spymistress Vera Atkins, later the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise, was the chief recruiter for this secret army. Atkins selected two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall, an American journalist from Baltimore hampered by a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, a wireless officer of Indian descent and an avowed pacifist. Together, they worked to undermine the Nazi regime in France. The courage, sacrifices and grit of these three women helped quell the Nazi occupation – and ultimately turned the tide of the war.
Presented in partnership with IFC Films and Tamar Simon from Mean Streets Management.
- Year2020
- Runtime123 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLydia Dean Pilcher
- ScreenwriterSarah Megan Thomas
- ProducerSarah Megan Thomas
- CastSarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Linus Roache, Mathilde Ollivier, Laila Robins