Jenny's War

October. 25,1985      
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.

Dyan Cannon as  Jenny Baines
Elke Sommer as  Eva Gruenberg
Robert Hardy as  Klein
Nigel Hawthorne as  Colonel
Christopher Cazenove as  Captain Preston
Richard Todd as  Gen. Benjamin Cutler
Hartmut Becker as  Karl Koenig
Patrick Ryecart as  Steinhardt
Hugh Grant as  Peter Baines

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Reviews

Matrixiole
1985/10/25

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Salubfoto
1985/10/26

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

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Rosie Searle
1985/10/27

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Guillelmina
1985/10/28

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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