In the fight for freedom everyone played a part.
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
- 6.6
- 2017
- Released
- 1h 57m
Gemma Arterton
Catrin Cole
Sam Claflin
Tom Buckley
Bill Nighy
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Jack Huston
Ellis Cole
Helen McCrory
Sophie Smith
Eddie Marsan
Sammy Smith
Jake Lacy
Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Rachael Stirling
Phyl Moore
Henry Goodman
Gabriel Baker
Paul Ritter
Raymond Parfitt
Richard E. Grant
Roger Swain
Nicholas Murchie
Bus Conductor
Amanda Root
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Patrick Gibson
Rex, the Clapper Loader
Darren Clarke
The Gaffer
Ed Birch
Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)Richard Bevan
Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor)
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
Mabel (Carrot Film)
Francesca Knight
Lily Starling
Alfie Stewart
Soldier on the Tube
Mossie Smith
Female Warden
Jay Simpson
Alf ReynoldsFrances Jeater
Spitfires Collector
Claudia Jessie
Doris Cleavley / Lily
Stephanie Hyam
Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose
Richard Syms
Head Waiter
Natalia Ryumina
Muriel (Ellis's Friend)
Rebecca Saire
Mortuary Nurse
Jeremy Irons
Secretary of War
Miles Richardson
Movietone NewsreaderGordon Brown
Chick, the 1st ADJulia Lewis
The Make-Up ArtistLiliana Gane
The Wardrobe MistressHubert Burton
Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero)
Michael Marcus
Alex, the DirectorStephen Boswell
War Widows CollectorFeline Allentoft
Wyndham Best's Girlfriend
Ellie Haddington
Catrin's LandladyFlorence Woolley
Corona Cinema Usherette
Joanna Brookes
Woman in CoronaPatrick Osborne
Soldier in Corona
Cathy Murphy
Vee (uncredited)
Emma Cunniffe
Ettie (uncredited)
Clive Russell
Mr. Starling (uncredited)
Letty Butler
First Waitress (uncredited)
Nell Barlow
Second Waitress (uncredited)
Steve Carroll
Boom Operator (uncredited)Katie Jackson
Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited)
Lee Whitlock
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Lily Knight
Rose Starling
Released
en
$11,795,877.00
$3,603,484.00
- #based on novel or book
- #world war ii
- #filmmaking
- #war propaganda
- #woman director
- #london blitz
- #1940s
Reviews
**The war and the cinema!** The film was based on the book and about filmmaking, particularly screen writing. Fictional comedy-drama that is set in London in 1940. While the war tearing apart the nation, some people are not disturbed by it. They are going ahead with their film projects, especially war themed to boost the people's confidence. That's when the new arrival, Mrs. Cole, begins her ca