"Pimpernel" Smith
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7.3Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Released: 1941-07-28120 minDir: Leslie HowardAdventure, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Leslie Howard as Professor Horatio Smith
- Francis L. Sullivan as General von Graum
- Mary Morris as Ludmilla Koslowski
- Hugh McDermott as David Maxwell
- Raymond Huntley as Marx
- Manning Whiley as Bertie Gregson
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1941
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Leslie Howard
- Cast member
- David Tomlinson
- Producer
- Harold Huth
- Cinematographer
- Mutz Greenbaum
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1941 adventure films1941 films1941 war filmsBritish adventure filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish World War II propaganda filmsFilms based on works by Baroness OrczyFilms directed by Leslie HowardFilms produced by Leslie HowardFilms scored by John D. H. GreenwoodFilms set in 1939Films set in Germany