Carve Her Name with Pride

1958

Biography / Drama / War

2
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 2102 2.1K

based on novel or book espionage world war ii british army based on true story french resistance

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Plot summary

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group.

Director

Lewis Gilbert Photo
Lewis Gilbert

Top cast

Geoffrey Keen Photo
Geoffrey Keen as Narrator
Michael Caine Photo
Michael Caine as Thirsty Prisoner on Train
Aileen Lewis Photo
Aileen Lewis as Shopper in Woolworths
Jack Taylor Photo
Jack Taylor as British Prisoner
480p.DVD
1.03 GB
640*480
English 2.0
Not Rated
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by s r 6 / 10

A pretty good WW2 spy film for its

A pretty good WW2 spy film for its day. Well made and acted. It showed how they prepared the spies for their work abroad.
Reviewed by Ken R 6 / 10

Carve Her Name With Pride – Almost Cuts

Carve Her Name With Pride – Almost Cuts It I'd waited many years to catch up with this movie but, didn't make any special effort after finding that Lewis Gilbert was director. Gilbert, I always thought of as a maker of by-the-numbers, crowd-pleasers, and this entry did nothing to alter that perception. With so many opportunities to make an exciting based on fact story, Gilbert turns in another general run-of-the-mill fact/fiction crowd pleaser. Firstly, the casting of sweet, prim-and-proper girl next door, McKenna (as good as she is) to play Violette Szabo (the last woman executed by the Nazis) a woman who would risk her life as a death-dealing, behind-enemy-lines secret agent, is a long bow to draw. Then changing the origins of the code poem allotted to her by the SOE, turning it into a ‘love' poem - supposedly written by her French soldier husband, was just too ‘romantically' manipulative for serious belief. There were enough ‘facts' to this story to make two exciting films, let alone this rather lame commercial effort. This project needed a director in the class of John Guillermin or Carroll Reed, to capture and create, the tense and gruelling situations these people faced. The great Paul Schofield is somewhat wasted in a limited mock role. For those simply wanting a ‘based' on fact story of inspirational war service, this will do a neat job but anyone looking for a re-creation of reality and suspense, may find themselves a little disappointed. The ITV DVD re-release offers nice images and sound and this picture certainly made a lot of money.
Reviewed by Paul G 4 / 10

My biggest issue - i'm simply not a

My biggest issue - i'm simply not a fan of Virginia McKenna. Its great that this is based on a true story but i don't think the film has aged that well.
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