The Silent Invasion is a 1962 British second feature ('B') film directed by Max Varnel and starring Eric Flynn and Petra Davies. It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. Two locals are captured during an attempted act of sabotage, and executed. French local Maria, who is the sister of the younger of the two men executed, is persuaded by the Resistance to form a relationship with German captain Erik Von Strafen, in order to obtain information. As time passes, however, she develops feelings for the Captain.
Cast Eric Flynn as Erik von Strafen Petra Davies as Maria Francis de Wolff as Emile Martin Benson as S.S. Borge Melvyn Hayes as Jean Warren Mitchell as Robert Guy Deghy as Pierre Noel Dyson as Mme. Veroux André Maranne as Argen Jan Conrad as Sgt. Major John Serret as Jacques C. Denier Warren as Gillie Max Faulkner as Curt André Muller as Wilhelm
Critical reception The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Glumly unconvincing wartime melodrama, resurrected for no evident reason after six years on the shelf."
TV Guide thought the film "overwrought and too unrealistic to be taken seriously."
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