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Not related to the [[Theatre/{{OperationMincemeat}} musical of the same name]] which covers the same material in a much more comedic manner
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* CuttingTheKnot: After numerous efforts to create a set of plausible looking fake orders to put in "Captain Martin"'s dispatch case, Ewen eventually decides to get a perfect set by going to the General whose orders they are forging, reading him in on Mincemeat, and asking ''him'' to write up the fake orders himself. [[spoiler:said dispatches are almost identical to Ewen's first rejected draft.]]
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The true story of Operation Mincemeat, an elaborate ruse to trick Hitler into moving his troops away from Sicily so the Allies can attack. Starring Creator/ColinFirth, Creator/MatthewMacfayden, Creator/KellyMacdonald and Creator/PenelopeWilton.
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The true story of Operation Mincemeat, an elaborate ruse to trick Hitler into moving his troops away from Sicily so the Allies can attack. Starring Creator/ColinFirth, Creator/MatthewMacfayden, Creator/MatthewMacfadyen, Creator/KellyMacdonald and Creator/PenelopeWilton.
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''Operation Mincemeat'' is a 2021 British war drama film directed by John Madden.
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* AllGermansAreNazis: Used by British intelligence and even Churchill to dismiss reports of a German resistance fighting against Hitler from inside his ranks.
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* SmellsOfDeath: As Captain Martin had been in the water for a while and then transferred by donkey cart, he’s pretty ripe when he’s brought in to Spanish officials. The British officer present at the autopsy uses the stench as an excuse to halt the autopsy when he finds out [[spoiler: the coroner is a specialist in drownings and will immediately spot the ruse if allowed to continue.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: As the plan hinges on having a dead body, Glyndwr Michael is dead from the time he is presented to the team. We only see him alive in a brief flashback to his deathbed.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Jean is a war widow and obviously loved her husband very much. However, she has moved on with her life and is casually dating.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Glyndwr Michael died from ingesting rat poison. Although he never says a word to hospital staff, it is assumed it was on purpose.
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* DueToTheDead: Charles’ mother is desperate to bring his brother’s body home from the front for a proper burial. [[spoiler: Glyndwr Michael also finally gets his own name on his tombstone fifty years after his burial when the operation is declassified.]]
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* DeathNotification: The kindly nurse who tended Glyndwr Michael on his deathbed unknowingly complicates the plot by tracking down his only living relative who then tries to claim the body.
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* TheUnfavorite: Charles has a dead war hero of a brother to compete with while his mother believes he is “just a clerk” who doesn’t have enough power to get his brother’s remains repatriated.
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: In a sequence of dark humor, they try to take an ID picture of the corpse to create Captain Martin’s fake credentials. No matter how they try to pose the body, it’s ''very obvious'' he’s dead.
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: In a sequence of dark humor, they try to take an ID picture of the corpse to create Captain Martin’s fake credentials. No matter how they try to pose the body, it’s ''very obvious'' he’s dead.dead.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Being a historical piece, the ending gives summaries of the lives and careers of the characters after the operation ended.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Being a historical piece, the ending gives summaries of the lives and careers of the characters after the operation ended.
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* DearJohnLetter: Teased. Ewen’s wife only writes to her friend, Hester and not to him. When she finally does write to him, it seems like it will be one of these. [[spoiler: The epilogue reveals that they reconciled after the war and remained married for the rest of his life.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Charles is very obviously infatuated with Jean and highly resents how close she is getting to Ewen. [[spoiler: It leads him to cruelly and bluntly tell her he is married and suggest he’s just toying with her. The upset is part of the reason she transfers.]]
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* LeavingYouToFindMyself: [[spoiler:After finding out Ewen is married, Jean asks for a transfer to a more active position away from London. She does not return before the end of the film.]]
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Ewen and his brother Ivor. Ewen is a high ranking officer in the military while his brother flits from one thing to the next and leeches off his brother’s success. Ewen eve scoffs at the accusation of Ivor being a communist spy, stating he simply doesn’t have the attention span.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Ewen and his brother Ivor. Ewen is a high ranking officer in the military while his brother flits from one thing to the next and leeches off his brother’s success. Ewen eve even scoffs at the accusation of Ivor being a communist spy, stating he simply doesn’t have the attention span.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Ewen and his brother Ivor. Ewen is a high ranking officer in the military while his brother flits from one thing to the next and leeches off his brother’s success. Ewen eve scoffs at the accusation of Ivor being a communist spy, stating he simply doesn’t have the attention span.
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: The British operative in Spain knows very well that his lines are tapped by the Nazis, he ensures they are desperate to read what is in the briefcase by making frantic calls to Spanish officials demanding the contents be returned ''immediately.''
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: The British operative in Spain knows very well that his lines are tapped by the Nazis, he Nazis. He ensures they are desperate to read what is in the briefcase by making frantic calls to Spanish officials demanding the contents be returned ''immediately.''
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: The British operative in Spain knows very well that his lines are tapped by the Nazis, he ensures they are desperate to read what is in the briefcase by making desperate calls to Spanish officials demanding the contents be returned ''immediately.''
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: The British operative in Spain knows very well that his lines are tapped by the Nazis, he ensures they are desperate to read what is in the briefcase by making desperate calls to Spanish officials demanding the contents be returned ''immediately.''
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a basic knowledge of World War II history knows the Allied invasion of Sicily was a success. The drama of the film comes from how we get there.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a basic knowledge of World War II history knows the Allied invasion of Sicily was a success. The drama of the film comes from how we get there.there.
* OfCorpseHesAlive: In a sequence of dark humor, they try to take an ID picture of the corpse to create Captain Martin’s fake credentials. No matter how they try to pose the body, it’s ''very obvious'' he’s dead.
* OfCorpseHesAlive: In a sequence of dark humor, they try to take an ID picture of the corpse to create Captain Martin’s fake credentials. No matter how they try to pose the body, it’s ''very obvious'' he’s dead.
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* CorpseTemperatureTampering: The doctor providing the body for Captain Martin tells the team that he can keep the body refrigerated to slow decomposition, but he gives them a timeline for how long they have to use it before even that won’t fool anyone.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a basic knowledge of World War II history knows the Allied invasion of Sicily was a success. The drama of the film comes from how we get there.
* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a basic knowledge of World War II history knows the Allied invasion of Sicily was a success. The drama of the film comes from how we get there.
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