The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Short description
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a World War II action film about a covert British operation against Nazi forces. Winston Churchill and a small group of military figures, among them the writer Ian Fleming, set up a secret unit for irregular warfare, recruiting a mismatched team of rule-breakers and lone operators who would not fit into ordinary service. Sent behind enemy lines on a daring mission, they fight the Germans by methods that are anything but conventional or gentlemanly, and their efforts are presented as helping to shift the course of the war and to lay groundwork for modern special operations.
Guy Ritchie directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. The film is the fifteenth of the nineteen features he has directed, following Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and preceding Fountain of Youth. Henry Cavill leads as Gus March-Phillips, with Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Cary Elwes and Alex Pettyfer among the main cast; the production credits 36 cast members and 362 crew.
Released in April 2024 and running 120 minutes, the film was made for about 60 million USD and returned roughly half that amount worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.8/10 from 155,000 votes, a lower figure than the 7/10 recorded on TMDB from 2,066 votes, while critics' reviews average 6.1/10.
What's left behind the scenes
- The book on which the film is based tells the story of a real secret military unit that operated during World War II under the leadership of Winston Churchill.
- The Royal Navy cruiser shown in the film is a Weymouth-class light armored deck cruiser (also referred to as the Town-class, as all four initially built cruisers were named after cities). The film features "Belfast", the last surviving ship of this type. Today, it is moored on the Thames and serves as a museum.
- Filming began on February 13th in Antalya and ended in April 2023.
- As part of preparation for filming, Eise Gonzales, who played Marjorie Stewart, had to learn to speak and sing in German. In addition, the script required her to speak Italian and French.
- Gus March-Phillips, played by Henry Cavill, was one of those who inspired Ian Fleming to create James Bond.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
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