British Intelligence during World War II is trying to get the German High Command to shift its forces away from Italy prior to the invasion. To create the illusion that England is in fact planning to invade Greece, they plan to procure a dead body, plant secret papers on it, and arrange for the Spanish authorities to find it and send the papers on to the Germans. That's the plan, anyway. First they have to find a body that will look drowned, then create an identity for it that will pass German scrutiny. Based on a true story. 运筹帷幄子之中 决胜千里之外。关于历史原事件。 影片复原了二战中的经典作战计划。二战期间英国以智谋试图获取德军最高命令以此他的军事力量从意大利转走。为了创造英军侵入希腊的这个梦幻计划，一个死尸被利用了起来。英军在他的身上放了“机密文件”，以让德军获取假情报，并最终取得了圆满的成功。而这具尸体在战争结束后也受到了厚葬。
