The Exception

Name: The Exception
Cast: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Eddie Marsan, Christopher Plummer, Janet McTeer

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Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

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Cast & Crew

Director: David LeveauxWriter: Simon BurkeProducers: Bill Haber, Christian Angermayer, Claudia Bluemhuber, Ian Hutchinson, James Gibb, Jens Meurer, Judy Tossell, Klemens Hallmann, Lou Pitt, Phil Geier

Lily James

as Mieke de Jong

Jai Courtney

as Capt Stefan Brandt

Eddie Marsan

as Heinrich Himmler

Christopher Plummer

as Kaiser Wilhelm II

Janet McTeer

as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz

Daisy Boulton

as Secretary

Ben Daniels

as Col Sigurd von Ilsemann

Stéphane Auberghen

as Frau Linnenkamp

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