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Ill Met by Moonlight
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6.3Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Released: 1957-01-31104 minDir: Emeric PressburgerWar, Adventure, ActionBudget: $215,000
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
- David Oxley as Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
- Marius Goring as Major General Kreipe
- Dimitri Andreas as Niko Soldan Emeris
- Cyril Cusack as Captain Sandy Rendel
- Laurence Payne as Manoli
Themes
- general
- kidnapping
- crete
- partisan
- morse code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Emeric Pressburger
- Screenwriter
- Emeric Pressburger
- Cast member
- Richard Marner
- Composer
- Mikis Theodorakis
- Producer
- Emeric Pressburger
- Production company
- Pinewood Studios
- Cinematographer
- Christopher Challis
- Narrative location
- Crete
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 504440
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- publication date
- 1957-01-01
- title
- Ill Met by Moonlight
- distributed by
- The Rank Organisation
- color
- black-and-white
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