In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
Directed by John Madden
sicily, italy
spy
world war ii
based on true story
remake
Rank
#203 in 2022·#5856 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Colin Firth
Ewen Montagu
Matthew Macfadyen
Charles Cholmondeley
Kelly Macdonald
Jean Leslie
Penelope Wilton
Hester Leggett
Johnny Flynn
Ian Fleming
Jason Isaacs
Admiral John Godfrey
Mark Gatiss
Ivor Montazac
Hattie Morahan
Iris Montazac
Paul Ritter
Bentley Purchase
Simon Russell Beale
Winston Churchill
Lorne MacFadyen
Sgt. Roger Dearborn / Glyndwr Michael
Markus von Lingen
Adolf Clauss
Crew
John Madden
Director
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Victoria Boydell
Editor
Sebastian Blenkov
Director of Photography
Iain Canning
Producer
Emile Sherman
Producer
Simon Gillis
Executive Producer
Kris Thykier
Producer
Nicky Earnshaw
Co-Producer
Ben Macintyre
Book
Ian Wilson
Supervising Sound Editor
Andrea Flesch
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
208 reviews
Seth
6.0★ · 04/03/26
Lil British spy movie never hurt
Bold strategy can’t believe it payed off for them
Wouldn’t of been possible without those timely handjobs
Lil British spy movie never hurt
Bold strategy can’t believe it payed off for them
Wouldn’t of been possible without those timely handjobs
Matteo Colosimo
6.0★ · 03/30/26
Hitler got truly baited
Hitler got truly baited
Dolly Tupper
8.0★ · 03/03/26
Legit so good, really interesting to see how the MI5/6 work during war times, and I just like Colin firth tbh
Legit so good, really interesting to see how the MI5/6 work during war times, and I just like Colin firth tbh
Vunk
6.0★ · 01/25/26
very good interesting
very good interesting
Kieran
4.0★ · 01/22/26
Plop-eration Mincemeat
Has some moments of rousing greatness but gets completely lost in schmaltzy romance and BBC drama idiosyncrasies.
Plop-eration Mincemeat
Has some moments of rousing greatness but gets completely lost in schmaltzy romance and BBC drama idiosyncrasies.