The Silent Invasion Explained

The Silent Invasion
Director:	Max Varnel
Music:	Bill LeSage
Cinematography:	James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson)
Editing:	Derek Parsons
Studio:	Danziger Productions
Distributor:	Planet Film Distributors (UK)
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Silent Invasion is a low budget 1962 British film.^[1]

Plot

During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with German captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed. Maria now vows to exact revenge and to help the French Resistance any way she can.

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

TV Guide thought the film "overwrought and too unrealistic to be taken seriously."^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Silent Invasion (1961). https://web.archive.org/web/20120712003742/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b76bb46b5. dead. 2012-07-12. BFI.
2. Web site: The Silent Invasion. TVGuide.com.