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Ill Met by Moonlight

1957 · 104 min

A measured wartime adventure that balances quiet tension with wry humour and a touch of melancholy.

Tagline
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
Overview
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • deception
  • freedom
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
war, adventure
Directed by
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Written by
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring
Dirk Bogarde, David Oxley, Marius Goring, Dimitri Andreas, Cyril Cusack, Laurence Payne, Wolfe Morris, Michael Gough
Music
Míkis Theodorakis
Cinematography
Christopher Challis
Runtime
104 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
German, Greek, English

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