The King Who Fooled Hitler

44m
DocumentaryHistory
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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.

Cast

Helen McCrory
Narrator (voice)
Richard J. Aldrich
Self - University of Warwick
Rory Cormac
Self - Associate Professor, Nottingham University
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Caroline Erskine
Self - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles
Adolf Hitler
Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Paul Elston
Director, Writer, Producer
Garry Crystal
Editor
Chris Vile
Director of Photography
Simon Berthon
Executive Producer
Richard Gott
Sound
Olita-may Forbes Adam
Art Direction

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