Summary: Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War 2. She meets a handsome young French soldier in the park and takes him back for the family Bastille day celebrations. They fall in love, marry and have a baby girl when Violette Szabo receives the dreaded telegram informing her of his death in North Africa. Shortly afterwards, Violette is approached to join the SOE (Special Operations Executive). (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, War

Country: UK

Directed By: Lewis Gilbert

Written By: Leo Marks, R.J. Minney, Vernon Harris

Starring: Maurice Ronet, Paul Scofield, Billie Whitelaw, Bill Owen, Nicole Stéphane, Jack Warner, Virginia McKenna, William Mervyn, Noel Willman, Denise Grey, Sydney Tafler, Alain Saury

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