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Battle of Britain is a 1969 British war film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film documents the events of the Battle of Britain.
A film about the air war in 1940 between the British Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe, starring Michael Caine, Trevor Howard and Laurence Olivier. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtrack and more on IMDb.
- (25K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Guy Hamilton
- 1969-10-24
The Battle of Britain. 1969 · 2 hr 12 min. G. Action · Drama · War. The British Royal Air Force takes to the skies to fend off Nazi invaders in this film inspired by the true events of the greatest air battle of WWII.
- Guy Hamilton
- 132 min
- January 1, 1969
At a seminal moment in World War II, British Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding (Laurence Olivier) must rally his outnumbered pilots against Hitler's feared...
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- Guy Hamilton
- G
- Laurence Olivier
In the greatest air battle of WWII, Harry Andrews, Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier take to the skies to fend off the German invasion of England.
Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for its phony war scenes, inept special effects, thin plot and butchered editing. He compares it to the 1940s war movies and the TV documentary on the historical battle.
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The Battle of Britain emerged in the middle of a spate of epic combat films which re-created specific battles of WWII with all-star international casts, actual locations and docudrama-like realism - films like The Longest Day (1962), In Harm's Way (1965), Tora! Tora!