All the Queen's Men

All the Queen's Men

War is a Drag

PG-13 2001 · 99 min · ★ 5.0 · Action, Comedy, Drama, History, War

A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky · Written by David Schneider

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