Directed by John Madden, Operation Mincemeat tells the
true World War II story of how two British intelligence agents ran a unique
disinformation campaign ahead of the 1943 allied forces assault on
Sicily.
The film stars Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Jason
Isaacs, Johnny Flynn, Simon Russell Beale
and Mark Gatiss.
Operation Mincemeat is in UK/ROI cinemas January
2022.
Check out the first trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe, and plan an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to alter the course of the war - defying logic, risking countless thousands of lives, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.
