The Silent Invasion is a1962 British second feature ('B')[1] film directed by Max Varnel and starring Eric Flynn and Petra Davies.[2][3] It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.
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| Directed by | Max Varnel |
| Written by | Brian Clemens |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson) |
| Edited by | Derek Parsons |
| Music by | Bill LeSage |
Production company | Danziger Productions |
| Distributed by | Planet Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editDuring WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with German captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed. Maria now vows to exact revenge and to help the French Resistance any way she can.
Cast
edit- Eric Flynn as Erik von Strafen
- Petra Davies as Maria
- Francis de Wolff as Emile
- Martin Benson as S.S. Borge
- Melvyn Hayes as Jean
- Warren Mitchell as Robert
- Guy Deghy as Pierre
- Noel Dyson as Mme. Veroux
- André Maranne as Argen
- Jan Conrad as Sgt. Major
- John Serret as Jacques
- C. Denier Warren as Gillie
- Max Faulkner as Curt
- André Muller as Wilhelm
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Glumly unconvincing wartime melodrama, resurrected for no evident reason after six years on the shelf."[4]
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TV Guide thought the film "overwrought and too unrealistic to be taken seriously."[5]
References
edit- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "The Silent Invasion". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "The Silent Invasion (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
- ^ "The Silent Invasion". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 46. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "The Silent Invasion". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 4 Mar 2016.