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One Against the Wind
(1991)
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| | Plot: | Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
In Second World War, the English Countess Mary Lindell and former Red-Cross nurse in the First World War lives in France with her son Maurice Lindell and her daughter Barbe Lindell. When she sees the Major James Leggatt wounded and wandering in an occupied Paris, she does not hesitate to risk her life to save him from the Germans. This is the beginning of her support to the Allies (specially British and American soldiers) in France, helping them to escape to Spain.
| | Cast: | | Judy Davis | Countess Mary Lindell |
| Sam Neill | Major James Leggatt, The Guards |
| Anthony Higgins | SS Capt. Herman Gruber |
| Christien Anholt | Maurice Lindell, Mary's Son |
| Kate Beckinsale | Barbe Lindell |
| Denholm Elliott | Father LeBlanc |
| Frank Middlemass | Dubois |
| David Ryall | Dumont, Mary's Lawyer |
| Peter Cellier | Court General |
| Mark Wing-Davey | Col. Miles Grant, Leggat's CO |
| Stevan Rimkus | German Pilot |
| Tom Hodgkins | Ben, Big Canada |
| Michael Crossman | Little Canada |
| John Savident | Henry Smallwood, American Embasy |
| Terry Taplin | Von Bismarck |
| Mikush Alexander | Erich Von Stultsberg |
| Paul Haigh | Sealove, RAF |
| Stefan Gryff | Fernand, Lindell's Servant |
| Wolf Kahler | Commandant Reingart |
| Benedick Blythe | SS Captain |
| John Sandford | Gunner |
| Marie-Pauli V. Roesgen | Jeanette Odille |
| Rupert Evans | Blondie |
| Jane Montgomery | Henen of Troy, British Sgt. |
| Metin Yenal | German Surgeon |
| Michael Jenn | German Soldier (uncredited) |
| Klaus Nierhoff | SS Officer Claus (uncredited) |
| Mark Strong | German Soldier (uncredited) |
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| Produced By:
| | Jacqueline Adler | co-producer |
| William Hill | producer |
| Karen Mack | executive producer |
| Tom Reeve | producer |
| Sally Robinson | supervising producer (as Sally Beth Robinson) |
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