''The Silent Invasion'' is a low budget 1962 British film.
Plot
During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with German captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed. Maria now vows to exact revenge and to help the French Resistance any way she can.
Cast
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Eric Flynn
Eric William Flynn (13 December 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a British actor.
Early life
Flynn was born on 13 December 1939 on Hainan Island, China, where his father was a customs officer for the Hong Kong government. After the outbreak of war a ...
as Erik von Strafen
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Petra Davies
Petra Davies (24 July 1930 – 22 March 2016) was a British actress.
Early years
Davies was born in Eltham, London, England on 24 July 1930 and grew up in Newport, Wales. Her parents were Welsh. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic A ...
as Maria
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Francis de Wolff
Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.
Life and career
Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ...
as Emile
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Martin Benson as S.S. Borge
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Melvyn Hayes
Melvyn Hayes ('' né'' Hyams; 11 January 1935) is an English actor and voice over performer. He is best known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', for appea ...
as Jean
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Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell; 14 January 1926 – 14 November 2015) was a British actor. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner.
In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes ''Educatin ...
as Robert
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Guy Deghy
Guy Deghy (born Gedeon Aladar Istvan Deghy; 11 October 1912 – 25 February 1992), was a Hungarian-born actor who appeared largely in British films and television, as in the 5th episode of the first season of '' The Saint'' depicting Inspector ...
as Pierre
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Noel Dyson
Elsie Noël Dyson (23 December 1916 – 29 June 1995) was an English character actress
Dyson played a number of roles in theatre, television and films (including in telemovies) but is best remembered as a versatile character actress in TV seri ...
as Mme. Veroux
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André Maranne
André Maranne (14 May 1926 – 12 April 2021) was a French-English actor best known for playing roles in English-language films beginning in the mid-1950s.
Life and career
Born André Gaston Maillol in Toulouse, France, Maranne's best known r ...
as Argen
* Jan Conrad as Sgt. Major
* John Serret as Jacques
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C. Denier Warren as Gillie
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Max Faulkner
Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBE (29 July 1916 – 26 February 2005) was an English professional golfer who won the Open Championship in 1951.
Early life
Faulkner was born on 29 July 1916 in Bexhill-on-Sea, the son of Gus (1893–1976), a ...
as Curt
* André Muller as Wilhelm
Critical reception
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TV Guide
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'' thought the film "overwrought and too unrealistic to be taken seriously."
References
External links
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1962 films
British war drama films
1962 drama films
Films about the French Resistance
British black-and-white films
1960s English-language films
1960s British films
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