Battle of the V-1 66 years old

Battle of the V-1

1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski (Peter Madden) and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...

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Battle of the V-1 Cast

Name Character
Christopher Lee He was 35, 93 years old when he died as Brunner
Michael Rennie He was 48, 61 years old when he died as Stefan
Milly Vitale She was 24, 73 years old when she died as Anna
Esmond Knight He was 51, 80 years old when he died as Stricker
Patricia Medina She was 38, 92 years old when she died as Zofia
David Knight He was 20, now 46 years old as Tadek

Battle of the V-1 Crew

Name Department
Vernon Sewell as Director. He was 54 (97) years old when He died Directing
Bernard Newman as Novel. He was 60 (69) years old when He died Writing
Battle of the V-1 poster
Battle of the V-1 (66 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 01, 1958
  • Runtime: 100 minutes