The Silent Invasion

1962 British film by Max Varnel

Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger

Starring

Eric Flynn
Petra Davies
Francis de Wolff
Martin Benson

CinematographyJames Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson)Edited byDerek ParsonsMusic byBill LeSage

Production
company

Danziger Productions

Distributed byPlanet Film Distributors (UK)

Release date

31 January 1962 (1962-01-31) (UK)

Running time

70 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Silent Invasion is a low budget 1962 British film.^[1]

Plot

During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with German captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed. Maria now vows to exact revenge and to help the French Resistance any way she can.

Cast

Eric Flynn as Erik von Strafen
Petra Davies as Maria
Francis de Wolff as Emile
Martin Benson as S.S. Borge
Melvyn Hayes as Jean
Warren Mitchell as Robert
Guy Deghy as Pierre
Noel Dyson as Mme. Veroux
André Maranne as Argen
Jan Conrad as Sgt. Major
John Serret as Jacques
C. Denier Warren as Gillie
Max Faulkner as Curt
André Muller as Wilhelm

Critical reception

TV Guide thought the film "overwrought and too unrealistic to be taken seriously."^[2]

References

^ "The Silent Invasion (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
^ "The Silent Invasion". TVGuide.com.

External links

The Silent Invasion at IMDb

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