Director
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Starring
Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache
Run Time
123 mins
Release Year
2019
Country of Origin
USA
Language
English, French, German
Director of Photography: Robby Baumgartner
Editor: Paul Tothill
Produced by: Sarah Megan Thomas
Music: Lillie Rebecca McDonough
Screenplay by: Sarah Megan Thomas
Production Designer: Kim Jennings
Director Bio
Lydia Dean Pilcher
P&I - Director Bio
Lydia Dean Pilcher began her career directing documentaries. She co-directed the feature Radium Girls which premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Liberté: A Call to Spy is her solo directing debut. Lydia is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning producer. She has worked with Wes Anderson, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Mira Nair, with whom she has made eleven films in a long-standing collaboration. Pilcher has produced films such as The Queen of Katwe, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Lunchbox and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Liberté: A Call to Spy
Inspired by the true stories of women recruited as spies by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, who were sent to occupied France to disrupt the Nazi war machine. Spymistress for the SOE Vera Atkins (Stana Katic, Castle) recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas, also writer and producer), an American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Apte), a Muslim pacifist. The fascinating story of a real life sisterhood of spies and the dangerous work they did to try and stop Hitler. [15]
Liberté: A Call to Spy is nominated for the 2019 Award for Best International Feature Film.