Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley
Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
Manoli
Wolfe Morris
George
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
Elias
Brian Worth
Unknown
Roland Bartrop
Miki
George Eugeniou
Unknown
Paul Stassino
Yani Katsias
Peter Augustine
The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes
General Breuer
Christopher Lee
German officer at The Dentist's office
Richard Marner
German Officer with Gen. Breuer
David McCallum
Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
Peter Swanwick
Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
Adeeb Assaly
Unknown
Peter Brace
Unknown
Guido Lorraine
Unknown
Howard Marion-Crawford
Unknown
George Pravda
Unknown
Andreas Malandrinos
Greek (uncredited)
E. V. H. Emmett
Narrator(voice) (uncredited)
Gisela Birke
German Girl(uncredited)
Phyllia Houseman
Michali's Sister
John Houseman
Johnny Houseman
Takis Frangofinos
Michali
Theo Moreas
Village Priest
Crew
Michael Powell
Director, Writer, Producer
Emeric Pressburger
Director, Writer, Producer
W. Stanley Moss
Adaptation
Arthur Stevens
Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Charles Orme
Assistant Director
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
Nandi Routh
Costume Designer
Paul Rabiger
Makeup Artist
Archie Ludski
Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Charles Knott
Sound Recordist
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
Míkis Theodorakis
Original Music Composer
Frederic Lewis
Music Director
Gladys Goldsmith
Continuity
Jack Swinburne
Production Manager
Jean Osborne
Unit Publicist
Alex Vetchinsky
Art Direction
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