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Jackdaws

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Drama

War & Politics

Overview

Set in May 1944, just days before the D-Day landings, widowed mother Elisabeth "Betty" Clairet is tasked with assembling an unlikely commando of five civilian women to carry out a near-impossible mission: infiltrate an impenetrable château housing a key German communications hub and destroy it before the Normandy landings by the Allies.

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Stephanie Germain Productions

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Laetitia Casta

Laetitia Casta

Elisabeth 'Betty' Clairet

Mathilde Seigner

Mathilde Seigner

Lina El Arabi

Lina El Arabi

Michaël Youn

Michaël Youn

Bérangère McNeese

Bérangère McNeese

Nelligan

Jean Schatz

Jean Schatz

Leander Vyvey

Leander Vyvey

Florian Lesieur

Florian Lesieur

Jakob Diehl

Jakob Diehl

Creative team

Created by: Camille Moreau
Showrunner: Ken Follett
Stephanie Germain
Written by: Camille Moreau
Mathieu Missoffe
Produced by: Thomas Saignes
Raphaël Rocher

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