
Spying on Hitler's Army: The Secret Recordings
This powerful docu-drama tells the story of one of World War Two's last secrets - an audacious British intelligence operation to listen in on the private conversations of 10,000 German POWs without their ever knowing they were being overheard. Now dramatized - word for word from the original transcripts - the film tells how this vast operation captured not only vital military intelligence but kept secret shocking accounts of war crimes - letting the guilty walk free.
- Runtime
- 50m
- Released
- 2013
Details
Release year: 2013
Storyline
This powerful docu-drama tells the story of one of World War Two's last secrets - an audacious British intelligence operation to listen in on the private conversations of 10,000 German POWs without their ever knowing they were being overheard. Now dramatized - word for word from the original transcripts - the film tells how this vast operation captured not only vital military intelligence but kept secret shocking accounts of war crimes - letting the guilty walk free.
Top credits
- David Barrass — General Kittel
- Nicholas Farrell — General von Thoma
- Jack Fortune — General Bruhn
- Rupert Frazer — General Cruwell