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The King Who Fooled Hitler( 2019)

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Overview

In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Helen McCrory

      Narrator (voice)

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      Richard J. Aldrich

      Self - University of Warwick

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      Rory Cormac

      Self - Associate Professor, Nottingham University

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      King George VI of the United Kingdom

      Self (archive footage)

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      Neville Chamberlain

      Self (archive footage)

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      Winston Churchill

      Self (archive footage)

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      Caroline Erskine

      Self - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles

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      Adolf Hitler

      Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)

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      Dwight D. Eisenhower

      Self (archive footage)

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    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Apr 04 2020
    I watched this documentary because of my long term interest in the history of the British Monarchy. I have always appreciated King George VII because he overcame a lot to become such a worthy king. He had to change his way of living as he had long been sure he was not in the direct line of succession. When that unlikely sequence of events occurred to place the crown on his head, he had to both emerge from the shadow of his charismatic and popular older brother, and also overcome his own shyness and his fear of public speaking. This program, among other things, shows once again how he was aided ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • world war ii