Synopsis/Details
Dieppe. Summer, 1942. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Commander of the Combined Operations Office, has his eye on Northern France and an audacious plan for an Allied raid on this quiet fishing port in Normandy. But the head of the Special Operations Executive, Charles Hambro, has his doubts. Mountbatten's plans seem politically motivated and dangerously lacking in detail. Bowing to Mountbatten's seniority – and against his better judgement - Hambro sends his best agent, Arthur Cutter, undercover to France. Smuggled into the outskirts of Dieppe, Cutter links up with a young, hostile, and female French resistance fighter, Talia Crevier. As the Allied Forces attempt to penetrate the Nazi Atlantic Wall, Cutter and Crevier must find a way to trust each other – and infiltrate the Nazi forces within the town in a desperate attempt to give the raid a fighting chance. But as circumstance and Nazi cunning encircle them, the odds of success for Mountbatten's Operation Jubilee grow smaller and smaller….
Attached Talent
None at this time
All Accolades & Coverage
Rated 7/10 on the Blacklist.
Original novel awarded the Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Fiction Award
Finalist for the Goethe Historical Fiction Award
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Set Mission
Story Situation:
Daring enterprise
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Dereliction of Duty, Duty, Good Man, Selfishness
Cast Size:
Several
Locations:
Few
Special Effects:
Aerial image effects, Blood, Minor pyrotechnics, Other practical effects
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Young Adult, Male Adult, Male Middle Aged, Male Young Adult, Male over 45
Hero Type:
Anti-Hero
Villian Type:
Pure Evil
Stock Character Types:
Boy next door, Everyman, Girl next door
Advanced
Adaption:
Based on Existing Fiction, Based on True Events
Subgenre:
Aerial Combat, Aviation, Euro-Spy, Suspense-Thriller, Undercover, World War 2
Action Elements:
Hand to Hand Combat, Physical Stunts, Pyrotechnics, Vehicular Stunts, Weaponry
Equality & Diversity:
Female Protagonist
Life Topics:
Coming of Age, Near Death Experience
Time Period:
World War II (1939–1945)
Country:
France, United Kingdom (UK)
Time of Year:
Spring, Summer, Winter
