The King Who Fooled Hitler (2019)

★ 7.0 0h 44m IMDb

In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.

The King Who Fooled Hitler

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Cast

Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory as Narrator (voice) Died 2021 · London, England, UK Helen McCrory (August 17, 1968 - April 16, 2021) was an English actress. She portrayed Cherie Blair in both the 2006 film The Queen and the 2010 film The Special Relationship. She also portrayed Narci...
King George VI of the United Kingdom
King George VI of the United Kingdom as Self (archive footage) Died 1952 · Norfolk, United Kingdom George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 195...
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain as Self (archive footage) Died 1940 · Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK Arthur Neville Chamberlain (/ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn/; 18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Con...
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage) Died 1965 · Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again...
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler as Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) Died 1945 · Braunau am Inn, Austria Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpar...
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) Died 1969 · Denison, Texas, USA Dwight David Eisenhower (pronounced [ˈaɪzənhaʊər]) (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was the 34th President of the United States, during two terms from January 20, 1953 to January...

Audience Reviews

Peter McGinn 7/10 Apr 04, 2020
I watched this documentary because of my long term interest in the history of the British Monarchy. I have always appreciated King George VII because he overcame a lot to become such a worthy king. He had to change his way of living as he had long been sure he was not in the direct line of succession. When that unlikely sequence of events occurred to place the crown on his head, he had to both emerge from the shadow of his charismatic and popular older brother, and also overcome his own shyness and his fear of public speaking. This program, among other things, shows once again how he was aided in his efforts by his choice of a wife.

This show is interesting, but I must confess that the breathless way it is told, with superlatives used to highlight the details, reminds me of archaeological programs where in hushed terms the narrators treat every ancient object they examine as something along the significance of the Holy Grail itself. But the king's role as described in this show probably did serve as a piece in the puzzle of deception aimed at the Germans to disguise the true plans of the D-Day invasion and therefore deserves the place it is given here. The fact that it was kept secret for so long, however, is perhaps not quite enough reason to attach so much significance to it. Still, it is worth watching if you are interested in either the history of he monarchy or wish to hear something new about World War II.

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