Carve Her Name with Pride

1958

Biography / Drama / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 78% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 2033 2K

based on novel or book espionage world war ii british army based on true story french resistance

Director

Lewis Gilbert Photo
Lewis Gilbert

Top cast

Geoffrey Keen Photo
Geoffrey Keen as Narrator
Michael Caine Photo
Michael Caine as Thirsty Prisoner on Train
Aileen Lewis Photo
Aileen Lewis as Shopper in Woolworths
John G. Heller Photo
John G. Heller as Gestapo Interrogator
480p.DVD
1.03 GB
640*480
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by secondtake 7 / 10

Great story, good movie about a British woman's resilience

Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)A resolutely respectful and consistent movie, powerful in a quiet way, and serious to the core. These aren't really adjectives for an amazing movie--and it's not amazing. The story is amazing, since it's true, a British woman going undercover in WWII and having to suffer badly at the hands of the Nazis. And the movie depends on the story, rather than the movie, to succeed.It does, in fact, succeed. It's a moving story well told. It lacks drama, and is sometimes quietly sentimental, which is part of the point, giving a human side to the spy and war business. The leading woman is someone not well known to American audiences, a rather straight forward actress, Virginia McKenna. But you might remember her from "Born Free," a very different kind of role but needing the same sharp seriousness. She's still alive, gladly, and was even in a film in 2010. The movie here needs drama, frankly. It takes half the film to reach the German conflict in France, and it comes to the real drama, the horrors of being caught, in the last half hour. Which is to say, be prepared for lots of preparation, well done, but preliminary, and purposely undramatic. By that last part is good wartime stuff, with a woman as the main figure in the fighting and the aftermath. The prison scenes are cold and harsh in their own way, and yet I don't quite believe it would have been quite so calmly paced and deliberate, even in the hands of the Germans happily in France.
Reviewed by planktonrules 8 / 10

Unconventional yet true...

This film is a true-life story about a female secret agent that worked for the British in Nazi-occupied France. She was recruited since she was fluent in the language and she willingly went into harm's way--even though she had a daughter back home staying with her parents. The film shows her recruitment, training and a couple of her missions. I would say more but I don't want to ruin the film.The film earns kudos for sticking pretty close to the real life events. It didn't change her life story to make it more glamorous or to give it a happy ending. She knew her job and did it. The choices of actors worked well, too, as again they weren't glamorous and seemed like normal folks. All in all, one of the better WWII films and it's the story of an incredibly brave lady whose exploits deserve to be remembered.
Reviewed by Lejink 7 / 10

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