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Modern war films tell 'funny' story from World War II | Movies & Series | DR 'Operation Mincemeat' tells the story of a drunken vagabond who ended up misleading the German Nazi army and rescuing thousands of American and English soldiers. boarded a plane or a jeep and shot his way through the enemy with the same naturalness as smashing killer snails on a lawn. Afterwards, he gave his beautiful girlfriend with the perfect hairstyle a deep kiss. There were also some generals and lieutenants who, without the great brain exercise, had foreseen the enemy's next move. Four stars. Director: John Madden. Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald. Premiere: May 12 in theaters. That kind of war movie no longer exists. Maybe in Russia and North Korea, and once in a while Hollywood invents an old-fashioned horror like 'Midway'. But nowadays a war film has to hold several layers. In fact, it does not even have to look like a war film. In any case, it should not claim that war is just a necessary twist between good and evil. A modern war film is something like Sam Mendes' '1917', in which two private soldiers toil through the horrors at the front during the First World War. Or Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk', where the war is not fought by an army, but by a community of people. Or Lone Scherfig's 'Their Finest Hour', which writes women into the war. Or 'The Imitation Game', about the mathematician Alan Turing, who was nowhere near shooting at anyone during World War II, but who broke the German codes and gained great significance for the course of the war. But since Turing was, he was more punished than honored. Modern war films are generally looking for new and surprising angles on war. Which is not crazy at all. At times, the angle even becomes so surprising and new that it is almost impossible to spot the war. about one of its pranks - the true story of when a drunken vagabond ended up joining the German Nazi army and rescuing thousands of American and English soldiers. Without knowing it. In fact, he was not alive when he did.Glyndwr Michael had died of eating rat poison when a couple of British intelligence officers launched a crazy and daring plan. They would have the body of a British soldier washed ashore in Spain with pockets full of plans for the Allied troops' invasion of Greece. Thus, Glyndwr Michael was dressed up as a fine, drowned soldier. During World War II, Spain was with Nazi Germany, and the hope was that the Spanish authorities would hand over the body - or at least the plans in the pocket of the body - to the Germans, thus leading Hitler to to think that the Americans and the British would begin a counter-offensive in Greece. In fact, the Allied troops planned to land on. 'Operation Mincemeat' - in Danish, 'Operation Minced Meat' - is the story of the two officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley, who orchestrated the plan, in the company of two women, Jean Leslie and Hester Leggett. And with the later author of the James Bond books, Ian Fleming, on the sidelines. Like '1917', 'Dunkirk', 'Their Finest Hour' and 'The Imitation Game', 'Operation Mincemeat' is a tale of the war's small, invisible heroes . Not the war Rambo or Indiana Jones. The story has been tampered with a bit for the sake of suspense. For example, there is no indication that Montagu and Leslie flirted loose and that Cholmondeley was jealous, as the film thoroughly wonders. In general, director John Madden tries to spread his story so that everyone can watch. ' Operation Mincemeat could well have been an intense and dark thriller about a daring plan in the middle of a moment during history's biggest war. But Madden and his screenwriter Michelle Ashford have crammed comedy and romance into all the places that were just a tiny opening to it. about one of those moments that should be too crazy to be part of a brutal war.