Night Ambush (1957)
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
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Major Patrick Leigh Fermor D.S.O. O.B.E. also known to the Cretans and the German Secret Police as PHILEDEM -
Major General Kreipe -
Captain W. Stanley Moss, M.C. -
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Sandy -
Manoli -
George -
Andoni Zoidakis -
Elias -
Stratis Saviolkis
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Charis Zographakis
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Yani Katsias -
Zahari
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Directors:
Michael Powell , Emeric PressburgerWriters:
W. Stanley Moss (adapted from the book: "Ill Met By Moonlight" The Wartime Diary in Crete of), Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerAll Cast & Crew
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Although co-Writer, co-Producer, and co-Director Michael Powell was not very pleased with this movie, nor with Sir Dirk Bogarde's performance as Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, the real Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor greatly enjoyed it, and especially for Bogarde's performance, which he described as "oneself, at the age of twenty-six". Bogarde was almost ten years older than that, in fact.
Quotes
Major General Kreipe:
Kindly inform General Brauer that he is an incompetent idiot.
Goofs
The fully illuminated side of the moon always points toward the sun and hence at night it must be closer to the horizon than the other side, but when we first see the moon at night the illuminated side is higher.
Alternate Versions
The UK version of the film, titled "Ill Met by Moonlight", is 11 minutes longer than the version originally released in American markets.
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Genres
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | WarDetails
Release Date:
July 1958Language
English, Greek, German
Country of Origin
UKFilming Locations
Alpes Maritimes, Alps, ItalyContribute to this page
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