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A Woman at War

on BBC Two England

The first in a two-part drama based on the true story of a Jewish woman who infiltrated the Gestapo during the Second World War.
Starring Martha Plimpton, Eric Stoltz

When the Germans march into Brussels in May 1940, Helene Moskiewicz's life changes irrevocably. She is recruited into the Resistance by the charismatic Franz, because she is fluent in German. After a series of dangerous missions she becomes the only Jewish woman to work for the Gestapo, where she attempts to sabotage the arrests of hundreds of Jews, including her own family.

Part 2 is tomorrow at 9pm.
(For cast see Tuesday) (Stereo)

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Contributors

Helene Moskiewicz:
Martha Plimpton
[Actor]:
Eric Stoltz

BBC Two England

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