Assignment in Brittany (1943)

Directed by

Jack Conway

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A British intelligence officer goes undercover in Nazi-occupied France to impersonate a captured soldier. He must complete a mission while navigating danger and romance with the local resistance.

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What happens

Assignment in Brittany is a 1943 war film directed by Jack Conway and starring French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Swedish actress Signe Hasso, both in their American film debuts, and American actress Susan Peters. The film was adapted from a novel by Helen MacInnes, which was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from May 2 to June 20, 1942, as Cross Channel, and became a bestseller when published as Assignment in Brittany. MGM bought the screen rights in February 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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