Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sarah Megan Thomas | ... | Virginia Hall | |
Stana Katic | ... | Vera Atkins | |
Radhika Apte | ... | Noor Inayat Khan | |
Linus Roache | ... | Maurice Buckmaster | |
Rossif Sutherland | ... | Dr. Chevain | |
Samuel Roukin | ... | Christopher | |
Andrew Richardson | ... | Alfonse | |
Laila Robins | ... | Pirani | |
Marc Rissmann | ... | Klaus Barbie | |
Mathilde Ollivier | ... | Giselle | |
Lola Pashalinski | ... | Mrs. Atkins | |
David Schaal | ... | Colonel Gubbins | |
Rob Heaps | ... | Paul | |
Matt Salinger | ... | William Donovan | |
Marceline Hugot | ... | Sister Francis |
In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency -- the Special Operations Executive (SOE) -- to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas), an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Atpe), a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by true stories. Written by Sarah Megan Thomas, author
This was an unexpected and thrilling story. While it manages to sustain the forward throttle of a classic war narrative, it spends quality time focused on the characters and the intrigue of their lives. The facts of these historical figures has been revealed before but these stories are too rarely told and this movie manages to dig in to discover a whole other level of sacrifice, compulsion, and the undaunted yearning of the human spirit to have a purpose and a live a life of meaning. Bravo/a to these women and men who risked everything to get us out from the thumb of a fascist tyrant.