Operation Amsterdam

Starring:Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Malcolm Keen, Christopher Rhodes, Alfred Burke, Tim Turner, Carl Jaffe, John Horsley, Keith Pyott, Melvyn Hayes, Oscar Quitak, George Pravda, Arnold MarlÃ©, Peter Swanwick, John Bailey (II), Lex Goudsmit, Max Croiset, Petra Davies
Director: Michael McCarthy
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Great Historical Film!!!!!
Special movie
Just like my dad described!!!
Awesome film, unforgettable performances!
Superior Unrecognized Historical Thriller

Operation Amsterdam
Starring: Peter Finch , Eva Bartok , Tony Britton , Alexander Knox , and Malcolm Keen
Director: Michael McCarthy
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00008PC11
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Description

OscarÂ(r) winner* Peter Finch (Network), Eva Bartok and Tony Britton lead an all-star cast in this "brisk and exciting" (The Film Daily) WWII thriller that plunges headlong intothe dangerous world of espionage! In a daring life-or-death mission, three British agentsenter Amsterdam to take as many of the city's industrial diamonds as they can before the impending Nazi invasion. As the bombs drop and the clock ticks, will these brave agents complete their missionand bring the diamonds to Mother England, or will they find themselves trapped in a volatile city full of enemies, with no means of escape?

Customer Reviews:

Great Historical Film!!!!!.......2007-06-14

Well directed and acted film, with great black and white cinematography and widescreen splendor!! This film is highly recommended for anyone who seeks to understand sacrafice with historical fact, action and suspence!!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Special movie.......2004-06-18

This movie is special for me becouse my father was stand in for Peter Finch. Now he is past away this movie has more and more value for me than ever before. This movie was shot at locations around Amsterdam and Ymuiden. You still can see all the places where they were on location.
Best regarts Peter de Graaf, Son of Pieter de graaf, How was stand in for Peter Finch.

Just like my dad described!!!.......2004-05-28

I am related to Jan and Johan Smit. They were my great grandfather and great uncle. I have been told this story many times by my father since I was a little girl and now through the magic of VHS and DVD, I can see the movie version of what happened. It is a really wonderful story and the movie really does it justice!!

Awesome film, unforgettable performances!.......2004-03-10

I recommend this film without reservations. I believe it has all the qualifications to be considered a timeless war classic. The script based on a real story will grab you from the beginning and you will get the impression of being there in Amsterdam as the Nazi army approaches. The director did a wonderful job in conveying the feeling of doom that engulfed that city. The performances are all notable, even from bit players, but I take my hat off to Miss Eva Bartok for a most sensitive portrayal which haunts you way after the film ended.
Go for it!

Superior Unrecognized Historical Thriller.......2003-11-12

This excellent British historical account of snatching Dutch industrial diamonds out of invading Nazi hands in May 1940 is
based on "Adventure in Diamonds", and I think much better than the book. The decisions and fears of the Dutch and Jewish diamond merchants of Amsterdam are excellently and incisively portrayed,as are the British SAS Major Dillon and his Dutch "assistants",and the "Fifth Columnist" Nazi sympathizers
in the Dutch Army.Eva Bartok is outstanding in her portait of a
Dutch woman helping the small team racing the clock and the Germans to gewt these diamonds, needed for tank, weaponry, and
ammunition production, off to Britain. The black and white film, and the photography, emphasize the mood well, as do the actual
scenery in Ymuiden and Amsterdam. Learn some exciting true history !

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