2022年5月22日

M424. 死間行動. Operation Mincemeat








M424. 死間行動. Operation MincemeatUK20222022/05/15
 
二次大戰爆發後的1943年,為了從非洲反攻歐洲大陸,英國情報部計畫誤導德國,使其將重兵從即將登陸的西西里島移防到希臘。擔任「傳達」此項重要任務的是一具自殺死屍——將其改造成失事溺死的飛行員,沖上中立的西班牙海岸後,英國故作緊張要把屍體奪回,好增加其身懷機密文件的可信度。
 
除了講述這個取名為「碎肉餡」(Mincemeat)行動的籌畫過程外,還編入了主事者差點越界的婚外情,以及情報單位間的小心機。
 
就像影評所說,, "If its fact-based story proves more fascinatingly outlandish than it's presented here, Operation Mincemeat remains an engaging and well-acted wartime drama."—大意就是說,這部片還算是演得不錯的戰爭片,只要可以再多一點「根據史實」的部分。
 
除了讚嘆竟是如此天馬行空的點子扭轉了歷史外,對兩位男主角也有些想法的:Colin Forth穿著海軍軍官大衣,真是帥到筆墨難以形容;另一位是曾以2005年的《傲慢與偏見》飾演Mr. Darcy而出名的Matthew Macfadyen,雖然聲音一樣好聽,但還是覺得當年選他當Mr. Darcy是個令人傷心的錯誤。
 
電影一開始和結束的旁白者,是由時任情報單位的海軍軍官Ian Fleming擔任。這位日後因為寫了十一本007 James Bond情報小說的名作家,除了將身邊的同事、上司作為故事的原型外[i],甚至在當時的情報局工作時,還寫了影響深遠的情報工作指南[ii],而這指南的第54條,就是《Operation Mincemeat》的發想源頭哪!
 
最後,學到mincemeat這字,查了描述和圖片,似乎較接近五仁月餅的範疇。是嗎?希望不是,否則少了期待品嘗的興致啊!
 
[i] Ian Fleming was at that point assistant to the director of Naval Intelligence, Adm. Sir John Godfrey, who would become the model for M in the ‘James Bond’ stories,” Macintyre explains. “One of the things that Fleming did was to draw up, with Godfrey, a memo called the Trout Memo, [which is] now quite famous in intelligence studies.
 
[ii] The inspiration for the operation dates back to 1939, when British intelligence put together the Trout Memo, a list of 54 possible ideas for how they could fool the enemy. The person responsible for the Trout Memo was none other than James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, then a lieutenant commander. Macintyre says Fleming’s involvement in the operation was “one of the most extraordinary discoveries of this story.
 
 

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