All the Queen's Men
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Directed by | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
Written by | David Schneider |
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Production company | Streamline |
Distributed by | Filmladen (Austria)[1] Constantin Film (Germany)[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | Germany Austria |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[2] |
Box office | $23,662 |
All the Queen's Men is a 2001 English-language
. Made on a budget of $15 million, the film received heavily negative reviews from critics, and it earned only $23,662 in the United States.Plot
During
Dropped in the wrong area, the team must first try to find their bearings. Aided by Romy, a sympathiser to their cause, they find their way to the factory. They manage to retrieve the Enigma machine, against the expectations of the British army. Just before they leave Germany, they realize they were tricked—the British government already had the device, but wanted to make the Germans think they were still after it. They were specifically chosen as the team most likely to fail. Leaving Germany with an Enigma machine would, in fact, destroy the usefulness of the machine, as the Germans would know it was stolen and switch to a different code system. Archie volunteers to be captured with the machine to allow the mission to "fail". After he is captured, the team retrieves him and returns safely to England, leaving the Germans with the impression they have all the Enigma machines and the British are still desperate to obtain one.
Cast
- Matt LeBlanc as Captain Steven O'Rourke
- Eddie Izzard as Lieutenant Tony Parker
- James Cosmo as Major Archie Hartley
- Nicolette Krebitz as Romy
- David Birkin as Johnno
- Edward Fox as Aitken
- Karl Markovics as Hauptsturmführer
Reception
The film was panned by critics, getting an approval rating of 7% on review aggregation website
See also
References
- ^ Lumiere. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ The Numbers - Movie Budgets
- ^ "All the Queen's Men". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ISBN 978-0-7407-6366-3.