Operation Amsterdam is a no frills war thriller about a special mission to the
Netherlands. British major Tony Britton is sent there accompanied by a pair of
Dutch diamond merchants, Peter Finch and Alexander Knox. Their mission is
to clean out as many industrial diamonds as they can from the diamond brokers
which the city is known for.
Those industrial black diamonds ain't pretty and don't sparkle. But they are the hardest things on planet earth. Drill bits to shape metal are invaluable in an industrial economy, all the more so on a war footing. The Nazis could really use them and they are hours away from occupying the Low Countries.
This one moves at a nice clip with grainy black and white cinematography to demonstrate the coming darkness to fall on the Netherlands and Europe.
Along the way the men of the mission save Eva Bartok from suicide and she proves invaluable. Her own wartime experiences gave her depth to her role that was unique. No time for romance, but Finch is clearly interested and might be looking her up after the war assuming both survive.
No super heroics, just some men, Dutch and British doing a job that needed to be done in Operation Amsterdam.
Those industrial black diamonds ain't pretty and don't sparkle. But they are the hardest things on planet earth. Drill bits to shape metal are invaluable in an industrial economy, all the more so on a war footing. The Nazis could really use them and they are hours away from occupying the Low Countries.
This one moves at a nice clip with grainy black and white cinematography to demonstrate the coming darkness to fall on the Netherlands and Europe.
Along the way the men of the mission save Eva Bartok from suicide and she proves invaluable. Her own wartime experiences gave her depth to her role that was unique. No time for romance, but Finch is clearly interested and might be looking her up after the war assuming both survive.
No super heroics, just some men, Dutch and British doing a job that needed to be done in Operation Amsterdam.