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Battle of the V-1

19584.5 / 10100 min
Drama, War

Overview

1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski (Peter Madden) and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...

Cast

Michael Rennie

Michael Rennie

Stefan

Patricia Medina

Patricia Medina

Zofia

Milly Vitale

Milly Vitale

Anna

David Knight

David Knight

Tadek

Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Stricker

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Brunner

Crew

Vernon Sewell

Vernon Sewell

Director

Jack Hanley

Jack Hanley

Screenplay

Eryk Wlodek

Eryk Wlodek

Screenplay

Bernard Newman

Bernard Newman

Novel