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- Code Name: Emerald combines Action and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Horst Buchholz.
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Code Name: Emerald
Double agent. Double cross. Trained by the Americans. Trusted by the Nazis. One man holds the secret to the invasion of Normandy.
In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details of the operation. When one them is captured by the Germans, a double agent must infiltrate occupied Paris, with the help of a high level German officer and the French Resistance.
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Cast
Ed HarrisGus Lang
Max von SydowJürgen Brausch
Horst BuchholzWalter Hoffman
Helmut BergerErnst Ritter
Cyrielle ClairClaire Jouvet
Eric StoltzAndy Wheeler
Patrick StewartColonel Peters
Graham CrowdenSir Geoffrey Macklin
George MikellMajor Seltz
Gabriel BarylliDieter Träger
Peter BonkeJohann
Tony RohrPatrick Callaghan
Henri LambertAndre
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Best suited to viewers looking for Action, Drama, War. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Themes and topics
paris, franceworld war iidouble agentd-daynazi officerfrench resistancetorturegerman occupation of france
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