Dull World War Two tale about the capture of a German general on Crete - an interesting enough real life story but here done without any atmosphere, or view of Cretian life, or exploration of the characters involved. It all seems like a jolly jape, very easy to do - they don't know Morse Code but someone turns up who does, a native boy seems as though he's going to turn traitor but doesn't.
Marius Goring is another in Powell and Pressburger's long line of sympathetic Germans, Bogarde is like a head prefect, David Oxlade has a powerful voice. It isn't even in colour and was shot in France not Crete but has some okay music.
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