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An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.
Johnnie Schofield
- Joe Garbett
- (as Johnny Schofield)
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- TriviaWhen the man running the pub in the village where the film was being shot discovered that he had used up his alcohol ration on the film crew, he was so distraught he committed suicide.
- GoofsThe bar of chocolate found in Major Hammond's room is inscribed with the word 'Chokolade' which Nora takes to be German. But the German for chocolate is 'Schokolade'. ('Chokolade' is Danish.)
- Quotes
Axed German Soldier: Babies on bayonets? What would be the advantage?
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue:
"Went the day well? We died and never knew, But, well or ill, Freedom, we died for you"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Forever Ealing (2002)
- SoundtracksThere'll Always Be an England
(uncredited)
Written by Ross Parker & Hugh Charles
Heard on the radio after dinner at the Manor House
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Surprisingly dark
Alberto Cavalcanti's outstanding piece of wartime propaganda is worthy of Hitchcock at his best. It's a surprisingly bleak and sometimes vicious study of British resilience, light years away from the dull Hollywood sentimentality of "Mrs Miniver". It's about a group of Fifth Columnists who take over a small British village in 1942 in preparation for the German invasion and of how the villagers fight back.
It has all the usual stereotypical villagers, (the post-mistress, the squire etc), but these clichéd parts are turned on their heads with surprisingly suspenseful results. Good performances, too, from everybody in a film that is largely undervalued, certainly in this country where we are inclined to acknowledge our 'heroism' but draw the line at going beyond that, as this film does, somewhat uncomfortably.
It has all the usual stereotypical villagers, (the post-mistress, the squire etc), but these clichéd parts are turned on their heads with surprisingly suspenseful results. Good performances, too, from everybody in a film that is largely undervalued, certainly in this country where we are inclined to acknowledge our 'heroism' but draw the line at going beyond that, as this film does, somewhat uncomfortably.
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- MOscarbradley
- Sep 8, 2008
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,214
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,849
- May 22, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $47,214
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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