Frozen Flashes (1967)

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

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.

tensesuspensefulhistoricalseriousmethodicalstarkpatrioticslow-burn

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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