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Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war drama film based on the book of the same name by R. J. Minney. [1]The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo, GC, who was captured and executed while serving in Nazi-occupied France.
Actor Virginia McKenna, who had played Violette Szabo in Carve Her Name With Pride, released a record in 1974 where she recited the poem set to music. [2]Actor Michael Hordern recited the poem and told the story behind it during his 1980 appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series With Great Pleasure.
Carve Her Name with Pride at the British Film Institute; Carve Her Name with Pride at IMDb; Les Fernandez – Daily Telegraph obituary of the man who trained Violette Szabo; Violette Szabo Blue-plaque at English Heritage.org; Violette Szabo.site built in English and French by Geoffroi Crunelle
Dame Virginia Anne McKenna [1] (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with the Born Free Foundation.
Carve Her Name with Pride: Yes Yes A Cry from the Streets: Yes 1959 Ferry to Hong Kong: Yes Yes 1960 Light Up the Sky! Yes Yes Sink the Bismarck! Yes 1961 The Greengage Summer: Yes 1962 H.M.S. Defiant: Yes 1964 The 7th Dawn: Yes 1966 Alfie: Yes Yes Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival: 1967 You Only Live Twice: Yes 1970 The Adventurers: Yes ...
Carve Her Name with Pride (1956), R.J. Minney: Violette Szabo: Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) Chaplin: His Life and Art (1985), David Robinson: Charles Chaplin: Chaplin (1992) Diamond Jim Brady (1933), Parker Morrell Diamond Jim Brady: Diamond Jim (1935) Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (1983), Hayden Herrera Frida Kahlo: Frida (2002)
He was notable for having trained Violette Szabó, made famous by the 1958 film Carve Her Name with Pride starring Virginia McKenna, on which he was an advisor. [1] Fernandez started the war with the Royal Signals but soon transferred to the Army Physical Training Corps, which brought him into contact with SOE agents.
Carve Her Name with Pride: Violette Szabo: Virginia McKenna: The Csardas Princess: Emmerich Kálmán: Gerhard Riedmann: Rosemary: Rosemarie Nitribitt: Nadja Tiller: I Accuse! Alfred Dreyfus: José Ferrer: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness: Gladys Aylward: Ingrid Bergman: Ivan the Terrible: Ivan IV of Russia: Nikolay Cherkasov: I Want to Live ...