The King Who Fooled Hitler (2019)

In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.

Cast (9)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Helen McCrory

Narrator (voice)

R

Richard J. Aldrich

Self - University of Warwick

R

Rory Cormac

Self - Associate Professor, Nottingham University

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

C

Caroline Erskine

Self - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles

Adolf Hitler

Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

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