Mister V
1941 · Movie · 120 min · ★ 7.3 · 70% critics
An absent-minded archaeologist leads a student expedition into Nazi Germany under the guise of academic research. Behind the scholarly cover, the trip becomes a tense rescue mission to help prisoners and other targets of the regime escape before war closes in.
Based on The Scarlet Pimpernel
Also known as The Fighting Pimpernel
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Details
- Original title
- "Pimpernel" Smith
- Years
- 1941
- Release date
- 1941-07-28
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (30 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-fashioned wartime thrillers with wit, disguises, and daring escapes, especially if Night Train to Munich appeals to you; Not for you if you want realism, fast pacing, or subtle villains.
Pros: clever rescue premise; witty anti-Nazi tone; tense cat-and-mouse suspense | Cons: slow at times; propaganda-heavy approach; plot gets convoluted
Themes
- nazi
- world war ii
- british spy
Cast & crew
Leslie Howard
as Professor Horatio Smith
Francis L. Sullivan
as General von Graum
Mary Morris
as Ludmilla Koslowski
Hugh McDermott
as David Maxwell
Raymond Huntley
as Marx
Manning Whiley
as Bertie Gregson
Peter Gawthorne
as Sidimir Koslowski
Allan Jeayes
as Dr Benckendorf
- DA
Dennis Arundell
as Hoffman
Joan Kemp-Welch
as School-Teacher
Directed by Leslie Howard