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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ill_Met_by_Moonlight_(film)Ill Met by Moonlight (film) - Wikipedia

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   British officers Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO and Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) land on the island and meet with other British agents and members of the Cretan resistance. In April 1944, they kidnap General Kreipe, the German commander of the island's occupying forces and, in disguise, drive his car ...

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0049357Night Ambush (1957) - IMDb

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   Filmed ten years AFTER the end of the second world war, Night Ambush (ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT to the rest of the world) is a story of British operatives in Crete, reporting home on the activities of the Germans. Their plan is to grab a German officer and take him away.

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   • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

   • Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
   • Release Date: 1958-07

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   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.

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   • Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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   • Actors: Dirk Bogarde

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5. archive.org › details › ill-met-by-moonlight-dirkIll Met By Moonlight ]Dirk Bogarde] [1957] - Archive.org

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   Oct 30, 2022 · Publication date. 2022-10-30. Topics. British Film, Classic Film, Ill Met By Moonlight ]Dirk Bogarde] [1957], Marius Goring, David Oxley, Dimitri Andreas, Cyril Cusack, Laurence Payne, Wolfe Morris. Language.

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   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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   Dec 25, 2021 · 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. Directors Michael Powell...

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   Is 'ill met by Moonlight' based on a true story?

   • The film, which stars Dirk Bogarde and features Marius Goring, David Oxley, and Cyril Cusack, is based on the 1950 book Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe by W. Stanley Moss, which is an account of events during the author's service on Crete during World War II as an agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

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   What does Ill Met by Moonlight mean?

   • Moonlight is considered to have evil effects (we also say 'ill effect') - hence expressions such as lunatic and moonstruck. I think that 'ill met by moonlight' means 'It's bad luck that we have met when the moon is shining'. Puck has just said 'Take care the queen come not within [the king's] sight' - as it can only cause trouble!

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   Was Ill Met by Moonlight a failure?

   • In Million Dollar Movie (1992), the second volume of Michael Powell's memoirs, he describes Ill Met by Moonlight as one of The Archers' "greatest failures," despite the film's financial success.

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   Does 'Ill Met by Moonlight' come from A Midsummer Night's Dream?

   • The UK version of the film, titled "Ill Met by Moonlight", is 11 minutes longer than the version originally released in American markets. Yes , it does come from A Midsummer Night's Dream. This is because when the operation occurred, the British operators went under the codenames of Oberon, Titania and Ariel for the radio traffic back to Cairo.

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10. www.wikiwand.com › en › Ill_Met_by_Moonlight_(film)Ill Met by Moonlight (film) - Wikiwand

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    Ill Met by Moonlight (1957), released in the USA as Night Ambush, 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".