Operation Mincemeat
“Deception. The greatest weapon in war.”
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
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Cast
45 people
Colin Firth
Ewen Montagu
Known for
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The King's Speech
Matthew Macfadyen
Charles Cholmondeley
Known for
Pride & Prejudice
Succession
John Madden
Also in
Football Night in America
Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Michelle Ashford
Iain Canning
Kelly Macdonald
Jean Leslie
Known for
Brave
Boardwalk Empire
Ben Macintyre
Charles S Cohen
Penelope Wilton
Hester Leggett
Known for
Downton Abbey
After Life
Nicky Earnshaw
Johnny Flynn
Ian Fleming
Known for
MobLand
Emma.
Simon Gillis
John Madden Director · Michelle Ashford Writer Ben Macintyre Author
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $6.3M · United States release May 6, 2022
Box office
Budget
$6,300,000
Worldwide gross
$15,621,194
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
See-Saw Films
Production
Cohen Media Group
Production
A Film Location Company
Production
Archery Pictures
Production
FilmNation Entertainment
Production
Palma Pictures
Production
Cross City Films
Production
Haversack Films Limited
Production
Netflix
Studio
United Kingdom · United States · Australia · Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Spanish
Release dates
Australia · November 5, 2021
Premiere · British Film Festival
United States · May 6, 2022
Limited theatrical
United States · May 11, 2022
Digital · Netflix
Australia
May 12, 2022 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Denmark
May 12, 2022 · Theatrical
Finland
April 1, 2022 · Theatrical
France
April 27, 2022 · Theatrical
August 31, 2022 · Digital · VOD
August 31, 2022 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
November 9, 2022 · Digital · Canal+ (ex myCanal)
June 28, 2026 · TV · TF1 Séries Films
Germany
May 19, 2022 · Digital
Greece
May 12, 2022 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
June 16, 2022 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 15, 2022 · Theatrical
Israel
May 5, 2022 · Theatrical
Italy
May 12, 2022 · Theatrical
New Zealand
July 1, 2022 · Digital
Portugal
June 9, 2022 · Theatrical
Russia
April 28, 2022 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 19, 2022 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 11, 2022 · Theatrical
Spain
May 20, 2022 · Theatrical
July 5, 2022 · Digital · HBO Max
United Kingdom
April 15, 2022 · Theatrical
July 4, 2022 · Physical · Blu-ray & DVD
August 16, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
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