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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957), released in the USA as Night Ambush (which is eleven minutes shorter than the British release), is a film by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the last movie they made together through their production company "The Archers".
Night Ambush: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley, Dimitri Andreas. Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
- (2K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- 1958-07
With Crete controlled by German Gen. Heinrich Kreipe (Marius Goring), British Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) and Capt. W. Stanley Moss (David Oxley) launch a raid of the island.
- (303)
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- War
- Dirk Bogarde
Apr 12, 2024 · Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, Cyril CusackLed by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, E...
- 101 min
- 76
- The Media Garage
Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell. They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops. Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island’s German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- (917)
- The Rank Organisation, Vega Film
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Two British soldiers are assigned to kidnap a key Nazi commander.
Oct 23, 2019 · @Ted-Says - This is an entertaining Second World War film based on the real kidnapping of a German General, Heinrich Kreipe, in Crete during 1944 by...
- 3 min
- 3.7K
- Ted Says
