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Post by larryholmes on Aug 2, 2020 19:41:42 GMT -5
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Post by tycho657 on Aug 3, 2020 10:27:30 GMT -5
I have been waiting for this to be released. I still don't think I will go into a movie theater but I look forward to viewing this when it's released for home viewing. Stana should be amazing in this role.
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Post by tefla on Sept 17, 2020 21:33:51 GMT -5
I look at the credits to see Stana playing a character with the first name of Vera ... and damn doesn't that make me think of "The Blue Butterfly" episode...
Did anyone else catch that?
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Post by larryholmes on Sept 18, 2020 7:30:45 GMT -5
I certainly did miss that. Here is some information concerning Vera Atkins:
Vera May Atkins CBE (16 June 1908 – 24 June 2000) was a Romanian-born British intelligence officer who worked in the France Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War.
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Post by 1Lincoln40 on Oct 13, 2020 8:20:27 GMT -5
Hi everyone! Good spot Tefla! Just wanting to say that I think I spotted somewhere online, the UK will have this movie in the theaters October 23rd.... It must be a little disconcerting? for Sarah Megan Thomas whom I believe was the one to get this project off the ground that most positive comments are levelled at Stana? But then (my bias showing) Stana is just that good an actor.  B  |
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Post by tycho657 on Oct 13, 2020 14:25:01 GMT -5
I already watched this on Amazon. It was very good Stana was perfect in her role. I actually got my $6.99 back as my version did not have the subtitles. Unless you are fluent in English, French and German the subtitles reallly would help.
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Post by larryholmes on Dec 26, 2020 15:28:30 GMT -5
Interesting extract...Coffee or Die Magazine: La Dame Qui Boite: “The Lady Who Limps”, Virginia Hall The CIA’s predecessor during World War II was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and one of its most heralded officers to serve in the outfit was a woman known to them as Virginia Hall and to the French Resistance as La Dame Qui Boite, or “The Lady Who Limps.” Hall served more than 20 years with the OSS, the British SOE, and the CIA, gaining notoriety for her actions as well as for her appearance during the war. She named her wooden prosthetic leg “Cuthbert” and famously received a response from an unsuspecting staff officer that added to her legend. From the snow-covered Pyrenees mountain range she sent a message to London: “Cuthbert is giving me trouble, but I can cope.” An unknown staff officer replied, “If Cuthbert is giving you trouble, have him eliminated.” Hall was the first woman in SOE to establish resistance networks out of Vichy, France, and went on daring undercover missions for the OSS, often adopting disguises and aliases to remain hidden from the Germans who called her “the most dangerous of all Allied spies.” She transmitted coded messages as a wireless operator detailing German troop movements and also coordinated airdrops for the Maquis guerrillas. The Limping Lady had earned the respect of the most seasoned paramilitary officers. Hall was a “gung-ho lady left over from the OSS days overseas,” CIA official Angus Thuermer later commented. “Young women in sweater sets and pearls listened raptly to Virginia Hall gas with muscular paramilitary officers who would stop by her desk to tell war stories.” Hall was the only civilian to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross medal during the war. coffeeordie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/VirginiaHallCOVER.jpg
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