![]() ![]() The job of the new arrivals is to contact any survivors and to blow up a major railway viaduct. The French Resistance group Fraser had set up in Rouen has been betrayed. She arrives by small plane in France, and shares a train compartment to Rouen with curious German soldiers. On her first mission, she is teamed with Captain Tony Fraser ( Paul Scofield), a man she had met earlier socially and liked. They have a daughter, Tania, but Etienne never sees the child, as he is killed fighting in the North African front Violette Szabo and her daughter move into her parents' home.īecause of her linguistic skills, the widowed Szabo is recruited as a spy by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for operations in France. She meets French Army officer Etienne Szabo, stationed in the city, and they become engaged to be married. Violette Bushell is a young woman whose father is English, and whose mother is French, living in London early in the Second World War. The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo, GC, who was captured and executed while serving in Nazi- occupied France. Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war drama film based on the book of the same name by R. ![]()
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