Countdown to War
| Countdown to War | |
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Richard Harvey | |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Language | English |
Countdown to War is a television film made in 1989 as a co-production by
declared war on Germany. The film is divided into 5 different stages: Mussolini's study, Hitler's Chancellery, Stalin's Kremlin, Beck’s bedroom, and Chamberlain's Cabinet. The script is based on private letters, diaries and records of meetings between the different leaders.[1] The film starred Ian McKellen, Michael Aldridge, Alex Norton and Barrie Rutter
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Plot
Europe's most powerful leaders desperately plot their strategies, attempting to determine the next moves of both their allies and enemies. The private meetings, arguments, anguish and personal battles will change the course of history. The Second World War is about to begin.
Cast
- Ian McKellen - Adolf Hitler
- Michael Aldridge - Neville Chamberlain
- David Swift - Édouard Daladier
- Alex Norton - Joseph Stalin
- Barrie Rutter - Benito Mussolini
- John Woodvine - Joachim von Ribbentrop
- Peter Vaughan - Hermann Goering
- Lord Halifax
- Michael Cronin - Vyacheslav Molotov
- James Laurenson - Galeazzo Ciano
- Bernard Gallagher - Arthur Greenwood
- Jonathan Coy - Rab Butler
- Ronnie Stevens - Eric Phipps
- Lee Montague - Leslie Hore-Belisha
- Tony Britton - Nevile Henderson
- Richard Heffer - Euan Wallace
- Robert Ashby - Georges-Étienne Bonnet
- Stephen Moore - Józef Beck
- Bill Stewart - Józef Lipski
- John Stratton - Emil Hácha
- Bob Sherman - William Cheristian Bullitt Jr.
- Michael Mellinger - Maurice Gamelin
- Sir John Simon
- Bernard Brown - Charles Corbin
- Hilary Minster - Birger Dahlerus
Availability
A DVD of this film was released on 22 January 2008.[2]
References
- ^ "卐 Adolf Hitler 卐 Biografia audiovisual en ?cine y TV". www.cinnection.com.
- ^ "Countdown to War". 22 January 2008 – via Amazon.
External links
- Countdown to War at IMDb
- Countdown to War clip on YouTube
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