The King Who Fooled Hitler
DocumentaryHistory
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.
🎬 DirectorPaul Elston
📅 Release2019-05-05
🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioBrave New Media
🗳 Votes14
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🎭 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
Director
Paul Elston
Writer
Paul Elston
Executive Producer
Simon Berthon
Producer
Paul Elston
Director of Photography
Chris Vile
Editor
Garry Crystal
Art Direction
Olita-may Forbes Adam
Sound
Richard Gott
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
world war ii
💬 Reviews
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 eme…
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