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A world embroiled in a deadly war; a country threatened by the anticipation of a fascist warlord across the English Channel; a people fighting desperately to overthrow the German SS military
A Call to Spy is yet another noble addition to the existing slate of films on arguably the most contentious period in history World War II.
Britain crumbles under pressure of German invasion as Adolf Hitler’s blitzkrieg overthrows the French government to establish forces. Prime Minister Winston Churchill comes up with a retaliatory mission beautifully referred to as “ungentlemanly warfare” an intricate network of sabotage, subversion, and resistance. Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher from a script by Sarah Megan Thomas (also playing one of the leads),
A Call To Spy Review: A still from the film. (courtesy YouTube )
Cast: Radhika Apte, Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Linus Roache, Laila Robins
Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher
Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 5)
A World War II spy drama that relegates men to secondary roles would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Not only is independent film producer Lydia Dean Pilcher s first solo directing gig
A Call To Spy is a welcome break from norm, the film redraws genre lines to club the story of three courageous women with the theme of multiculturalism.
A Call To Spy, scripted and produced by actress Sarah Megan Thomas, who also does full justice to the film s meatiest role, is a neatly crafted, consistently engaging tale of a trio of female spies - an American, a Romanian Jew and an Indian princess - who worked for the F (France) section of Sir Winston Churchill s Special Operations Executive (SOE) to disrupt the Nazi war machine .