In 1985, Australian television
Seven Network purchased the rights to
Russell Braddon's book
Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman and engaged a producer, but due to differences over what approach to take, including budget, the project was called off. The production company, and director Pino Amenta, had planned to produce a definitive resistance story over eight hours. Five months later, in April 1986, Seven Network approached Simpson Le Mesurier Films, Roger Le Mesurier the producer and Roger Simpson the writer-producer, who came up with a four-hour love story. At the launch of the film by Network Seven, Nancy spoke candidly of her views of the production, stating she was disappointed it was not made as originally planned as an eight-hour resistance story but instead a four-hour love story, and criticized aspects of the mini-series. She appears in the film as Madame Fouret. Filming was completed within 11 weeks around Melbourne and involved the construction of two French towns. The forest battle scenes were shot near Harcourt in an oak forest and included a two-week shoot in Marseilles and Paris. Nancy was not sent to France to consult. The mini-series was pre-sold to British
Thames Television. ==Cast==