The King Who Fooled Hitler poster

The King Who Fooled Hitler( 2019)

TV-MADocumentaryHistory
75%
User
Score

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

    1. cast image

      Helen McCrory

      Narrator (voice)

    2. cast image

      Richard J. Aldrich

      Self - University of Warwick

    3. cast image

      Rory Cormac

      Self - Associate Professor, Nottingham University

    4. cast image

      King George VI of the United Kingdom

      Self (archive footage)

    5. cast image

      Neville Chamberlain

      Self (archive footage)

    6. cast image

      Winston Churchill

      Self (archive footage)

    7. cast image

      Caroline Erskine

      Self - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles

    8. cast image

      Adolf Hitler

      Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)

    9. cast image

      Dwight D. Eisenhower

      Self (archive footage)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Peter McGinn

    7
    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 ...

    Media

    Videos 0Backdrops 7Posters 9

    Recommendations

    1. D-Tox

      D-Tox56%

    2. Double Murder: The Inside Story60%

    3. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

      The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind79%

    4. 2001: A Space Odyssey

      2001: A Space Odyssey81%

    5. Back to the Future

      Back to the Future83%

    6. The Shawshank Redemption

      The Shawshank Redemption87%

    7. Arrival

      Arrival76%

    8. The Godfather Part II

      The Godfather Part II86%

    9. Avatar

      Avatar76%

    10. RoboCop

      RoboCop73%

    11. The Godfather

      The Godfather87%

    12. Deadpool

      Deadpool76%

    13. Psycho

      Psycho84%

    14. Titanic

      Titanic79%

    15. Alien

      Alien82%

    16. Fight Club

      Fight Club84%

    17. Forrest Gump

      Forrest Gump85%

    18. Inside Out

      Inside Out79%

    19. Home Alone

      Home Alone74%

    20. Your Name.

      Your Name.85%

    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • world war ii