Garbo: The Spy (also known as Garbo, the Man Who Saved the World and Garbo: El Espia) is a Spanish documentary about Juan Pujol Garcia's role in the Second World War, directed by Edmon Roch.

Garbo: The Spy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdmon Roch
Written byEdmon Roch
Isaki Lacuesta
Maria Hervera
Produced byEdmon Roch
Sandra Hermida
Belen Bernuy
CinematographyBet Rourich
Gabriel Guerra
Joachim Bergamin
Edited byAlexander Adams
Music byFernando Velazquez
Production
companies
Ikiru Films
Colose Producciones
Centuria Films
Release dates
  • October 20, 2009 (2009-10-20) (Rome)
  • December 4, 2009 (2009-12-04) (Spain)
Running time
89 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The documentary reconstructs the career of "Garbo," who formed the centrepiece of Allied deception and counter-information to have the Nazis believe that D-Day landing would occur in Pas-de-Calais and not in Normandy.

A number of individuals are interviewed including Nigel West (the pseudonym of intelligence expert Rupert Allason) and Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones, a former OSS agent, as well as historian Mark Seaman, investigative journalist Xavier Vinader, and psychiatrist Stan Vranckx.

Release

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Garbo premiered at the Rome Film Festival on October 20, 2009, opened in Spain on December 4, 2009 and opened at the Village East Cinema in New York on July 23, 2010.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Village Cinema. GARBO THE SPY, 2010-07-23
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