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"Pimpernel" Smith

The man the Gestapo hates!

7.1(32)19412h 0m2

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

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Language
English
  • nazi
  • world war ii
  • british spy

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York12 Feb 1942
    • PhysicalBlu-ray15 Nov 2016
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU28 Jul 1941
    • Theatricalre-release15 Dec 1948
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)Brussels13 Oct 1944
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical14 May 1945
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical13 May 1945
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical (limited)Paris30 Apr 1947
    • Theatrical10 Dec 1947
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical4 Dec 1945
  • ItalyIT

    • PhysicalDVD24 Apr 2013
    • PhysicalDVD21 Jul 2022
    • TV28 Apr 2024
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical4 Feb 1943
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical (limited)Den Haag22 Jun 1945
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical15 Oct 1945
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical22 May 1945

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"Pimpernel" Smith was released on 28 July 1941.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/25/2022

    7/10

    Leslie Howard is on good form here as the outwardly fastidious academic with a secret to keep. He decides to offer some of his students an holiday trip to Germany (just the boys!) so they can try to establish once and for all whether there was an "Aryan" race there. Quickly we discover he also has an hand in rescuing many creative and scientifically minded for the evil clutch of the Nazis and their chocolate eating b…

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