The Silent Invasion

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The Silent Invasion
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Belgian poster
Directed by Max Varnel
Written by Brian Clemens
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson)
Edited byDerek Parsons
Music by Bill LeSage
Production
company
Danziger Productions
Distributed byPlanet Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 31 January 1962 (1962-01-31)(UK)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Silent Invasion is a1962 British second feature ('B') [1] film directed by Max Varne l and starring Eric Flynn and Petra Davies. [2] [3] It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.

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Plot

During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with German captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed. Maria now vows to exact revenge and to help the French Resistance any way she can.

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Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Glumly unconvincing wartime melodrama, resurrected for no evident reason after six years on the shelf." [4]

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TV Guide thought the film "overwrought and too unrealistic to be taken seriously." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 96. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "The Silent Invasion". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Silent Invasion (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
  4. ↑ "The Silent Invasion" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 34 (396): 46. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ "The Silent Invasion". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 4 Mar 2016.
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