Carve Her Name with Pride
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| Carve Her Name with Pride | |
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 original film poster |
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| Directed by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Produced by | Daniel M. Angel |
| Written by | R.J. Minney (book) Vernon Harris & Lewis Gilbert (screenplay) |
| Starring | Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Editing by | John Shirley |
| Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
| Release date(s) | September 8, 1958 |
| Running time | 119 min. |
| Language | English |
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Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by R.J. Minney. Set during World War II, the film is based on the true story of the heroism of Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo.
The film includes the reading of the poem The Life That I Have, written by Leo Marks and given to Szabo as she left for a mission in Nazi occupied France.
The uncredited part played by Michael Caine (a prisoner on a German prison train bombed by the RAF who leans forward and calls to Violette Szabo for water) in real life was the war hero F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas (as recorded by Leo Marks in Chapter 76 of his book Between Silk and Cyanide).
[edit] Primary cast
- Virginia McKenna : Violette Szabo
- Paul Scofield : Tony Fraser
- Jack Warner : Mr. Charles Bushell
- Denise Grey : Mrs. Bushell
- Alain Saury : Etienne Szabo
- Maurice Ronet : Jacques
- Anne Leon : Lilian Rolfe
- Sydney Tafler : Potter
- Avice Landone : Vera Atkins
- Nicole Stéphane : Denise Bloch
- William Mervyn : Colonel Maurice Buckmaster
Up-and-coming cast member:
- Michael Caine : Extra (uncredited)
