Underplayed Gems

Frozen Flashes (1967)

Frozen Flashes poster
Original title
Die gefrorenen Blitze
Directed by
János Veiczi
Genre
war film, spy film
Country
German Democratic Republic, Germany
Runtime
2h 46m
Rated
16
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

It is the story of a resistance group in Nazi Germany trying to stop the development of the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. The film follows their covert efforts to sabotage the weapons program.

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What happens

Die gefrorenen Blitze (Frozen Lightning; English-language title: Frozen Flashes; French-language title: Et l'Angleterre sera détruite, England Shall Be Destroyed) is a two-part 1967 East-German film. The plot revolves around the history of the resistance movement in Peenemünde during the Second World War and its attempt to sabotage the V-2 program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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