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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
The final film from 'The Archers' Production Company is a dramatisation of the daring abduction of a German General in April 1944 by SOE agents and the Greek Resistance on the island of Crete. I thought the story took a while to really get going but once they have captured the General, the long trek across the mountains to freedom, evading patrols at every turn got really tense. Mikis Theodorakis composes a distinctive dramatic score using Greek folk-music instruments. The two opposing characters, captor and captive (played by Dirk Bogarde and Marius Goring respectively) have an enjoyable gentlemanly respect for each other.
The final film from 'The Archers' Production Company is a dramatisation of the daring abduction of a German General in April 1944 by SOE agents and the Greek Resistance on the island of Crete. I thought the story took a while to really get going but once they have captured the General, the long trek across the mountains to freedom, evading patrols at every turn got really tense. Mikis Theodorakis composes a distinctive dramatic score using Greek folk-music instruments. The two opposing characters, captor and captive (played by Dirk Bogarde and Marius Goring respectively) have an enjoyable gentlemanly respect for each other.