Review of Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) by Simon T — 08 Aug 2008

Beautiful performance from Virginia McKenna who plays my personal greatest heroine wonderfully.

This review of Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) was written by Simon T on 08 Aug 2008.

Carve Her Name with Pride has generally received positive reviews.

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By Nick R (843) on 15 Feb 2013

Interesting biopic of Violette Szabo, British SOE operative, from recruitment to her execution by the Nazis. Jack Warner is brilliant as her father…

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By Robert W (1,190) on 28 Jul 2016

Sound rendering of the war time exploits of the heroic Violette Szabo (nee Bushell) who volunteered for service as a secret agent with the…

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By Lynda M (383) on 01 Sep 2008

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By Ferdusi K (1) on 26 Dec 2009

I watched this with my mother. I cried at the end and looked over to see her weeping too. A great 4 kleenex movie…

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By Julie M (395) on 12 Aug 2010

I enjoyed this film, nice to see Virginia McKenna in this film. I throughly enjoyed her performance in A Town Like Alice…

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By Scott R (2,451) on 27 Apr 2018

A pretty good WW2 spy film for its day. Well made and acted. It showed how they prepared the spies for their work abroad…

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By Jay N (1,399) on 30 Apr 2011

Solid filming of the story of a very brave ordinary woman and the chances she took for a cause she believed in. Excellent performances…

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By Bill T (1,098) on 20 Oct 2014

Although it gets caught up in sentimentality in the 2nd act, there's no denying that the 3rd act of this British spy thriller packs a whallop…

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By Karsh D (1,216) on 17 Aug 2013

Powerful true story of Violette Szabo who became a british spy in order to fight the Nazis and in some small way avenge her husbands death…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 13 Feb 2012

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