The best Lilli Palmer’s war movies

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

24/05/1914- 27/01/1986
We present our ranking of the best Lilli Palmer’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Lilli Palmer.

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow
6.6/10
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.

Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger
6.6/10
In Fritz Lang's compelling World War II espionage thriller, Gary Cooper stars as Alvah Jasper, a shy and retiring physics professor at a midwestern university. When government agents press Jasper into joining them in an effort to curtail the Nazis' efforts to attain atomic secrets, his life takes a dramatic turn.

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThrillerWar
  • Release: 17/04/1962
  • Character: Frau Marianne Möllendorf
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

Thunder Rock

Thunder Rock
6.5/10
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.

Torpedo Bay

Torpedo Bay
6.1/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 21/09/1963
  • Character: Lygia da Silva
An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters while being stalked by a British warship. They both make it to the neutral port of Tangiers where they agree a truce.

The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex
6.2/10
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.

Conspiracy of Hearts

Conspiracy of Hearts
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 07/04/1960
  • Character: Mother Katharine
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.

Related actors