Violette Szabo
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Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war drama film based on the book of the same name by R. J. Minney. The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo, GC, who was captured and executed while serving in Nazi-occupied France. Szabo was played by Virginia McKenna.
Carve Her Name with Pride: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey. During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
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- Biography, Drama, War
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1958-06-20
Based on a true story, this 2012 film follows Violette Szabo, a French-born British woman who became a spy for the Special Operations Executive in Nazi-occupied France. She was captured, tortured and executed by the Germans, but her legacy lives on as a symbol of courage and resistance.
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- Lewis Gilbert
- History, Drama, Biography
- Virginia Mckenna
This is a short but powerful biography of a British spy in World War II, a woman, whom not many people know about but who was instrumental in aiding the French resistance in Nazi occupied France, outwitting the Gestapo and doing so usually alone against overwhelming odds.
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During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France. Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War II.
Jan 5, 2011 · Perhaps the most memorable of all was Carve Her Name With Pride in 1958, a harrowing yet moving account of English patriot Violette Bushell Szabo. Based on a best-selling biography by R.J. Minney, the film superbly depicted the saga of Szabo, an English woman widowed when her French husband is killed in North Africa.
The film is based on the true story of Violette Szabo, a French-English woman who joined the SOE and parachuted into France to help the resistance. She was captured, tortured and executed by the Germans, but posthumously received the George Cross for her bravery.
