Odette

Overview

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)

Directed by Herbert Wilcox

Top cast

Anna Neagle

Odette

Trevor Howard

Captain Peter Churchill

Marius Goring

Colonel Henri

Peter Ustinov

Lt. Alex Rabinovich

Bernard Lee

Jack

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Maurice Buckmaster

Himself

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Alfred Schieske

Camp Commandant

Gilles Quéant

Jacques (as Gilles Queant)

M

Marianne Walla

S.S. Wardress

Fritz Wendhausen

Colonel (as F.R. Wendhousen)

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Wolf Frees

Major (uncredited)

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Liselotte Goettinger

German POW Camp Officer (uncredited)

Marie Burke

Mme. Gliere (uncredited)

C

Campbell Gray

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George Hilsdon

Hugh Morton

C

Catherine Paul

D

Derrick Penley

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Joe Phelps

Dido Plumb

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