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Released
1985 · FILM

Code Name: Emerald

Double agent. Double cross. Trained by the Americans. Trusted by the Nazis. One man holds the secret to the invasion of Normandy.

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Runtime
95 min
ActionDramaWar

Synopsis

In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details of the operation. When one them is captured by the Germans, a double agent must infiltrate occupied Paris, with the help of a high level German officer and the French Resistance.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stu LinderShot by Freddie FrancisScored by John AddisonDesigned by Gerard Viard

Box Office

1985 · Box office

Grossed $562K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$562K

Worldwide gross$562K

Also known as

  • Codename: Emeraldde
  • Nombre clave: Esmeraldaes
  • Nom de code, émeraudefr

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