Maskelyne may have never fired a bullet, but he helped win a war through trickery. Using the basic concepts of magic, such as misdirection, Maskelyne made British tanks appear out of nowhere and made landmarks vanish without a trace. The War Illusionist (TV Movie 2001) - Plot Summary - IMDb. The War Illusionist (TV Movie 2001) on IMDb: This is the unique story of the British Stage Magician. TV Shows; Watch 1channel. The War Illusionist (2001) 1channel LetMeWatchThis Movie - Watch The War Illusionist rating. Jasper Maskelyne (1902–1973) was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne. The War Illusionist (2001) 1channel LetMeWatchThis Movie - Watch The War Illusionist rating. Watch Featured TV-Shows. He devised a way to hide Alexandria Harbor, a vital British supply port, from Luftwaffe. Flashing refelective lights into the night sky, he made the Suez Canal disappear into an ocean of light and shadows. His greatest deception was creating the illusion that the British were massing troops from the south to strike the Germans at El Alamein. Overview of War Illusionist, 2001, with S B Weske, Viatcheslav Baranets, Geoffrey Donne, at Turner Classic Movies. The War Illusionist (TV Movie 2001) on IMDb: This is the unique story of the British Stage Magician, Jasper Maskelyne who, when war broke out, offered his 'special. His decoys were so effective that the main German army was poised against this dummy force, even as the real British troops moved north unnoticed.
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