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Operation Mincemeat: a new musical

Operation Mincemeat: a new musical

WELL, AT LEAST IT'S NOT A BLOODY MUSICAL!

2023 · 155 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy, War, Music

The year is 1943 and right now we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and - of all people - Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler?

Directed by Robert Hastie · Written by Natasha Hodgson

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