Battle of Britain (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Michael Caine
Squadron Leader Canfield
Trevor Howard
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Harry Andrews
Senior Civil Servant
Curd Jürgens
Baron von Richter
Ian McShane
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Laurence Olivier
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Christopher Plummer
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Kenneth More
Group Capt. Baker
Nigel Patrick
Group Capt. Hope
Michael Redgrave
Air Vice Marshal Evill
Ralph Richardson
Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
Robert Shaw
Squadron Leader Skipper
Patrick Wymark
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Wilfred Greatorex
Writer
Susannah York
Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Michael Bates
Warrant Officer Warwick
Robert Flemyng
Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
Edward Fox
Pilot Officer Archie
W.G. Foxley
Squadron Leader Evans
Barry Foster
Sqd. Leader Edwards
James Cosmo
Jamie
Jack Gwillim
Senior Air Staff Officer
Wilfried von Aacken
Gen. Osterkamp
Karl-Otto Alberty
General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
Helmut Kircher
Boehm
Paul Neuhaus
Maj. Föhn
Dietrich Frauboes
Field Marshal Milch (Inspector General, Luftwaffe)
Malte Petzel
Col. Beppo Schmidt (Luftwaffe Intelligence)
Peter Hager
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Hein Riess
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Rolf Stiefel
Adolf Hitler
Manfred Reddemann
Maj. Falke
Alexander Allerson
Maj. Brandt
Alf Jungermann
Brandt's Navigator
Jean Wladon
Jean Jacques
David Griffin
Sgt. Pilot Chris
Eric Dodson
RAF Officer
Kate Binchy
Grace
Sarah Lawson
Skipper's Wife
Isla Blair
Mrs. Andy
André Maranne
French NCO
Nikki Van der Zyl
Dubbing (voice)
John Comer
Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Morant
Replacement Pilot - Red Section 'Red 2' (uncredited)
Christopher Morris
Boy (uncredited)
John Savident
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Nick Tate
RAF Pilot (uncredited)
David McKail
Lac Arnold (uncredited)
Guy Hamilton
Director
Derek Dempster
Novel
Wilfred Greatorex
Screenplay
James Kennaway
Screenplay
Derek Wood
Novel
Benjamin Fisz
Producer
Harry Saltzman
Producer
Ron Goodwin
Original Music Composer
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Bert Bates
Editor
Maude Spector
Casting
Bert Davey
Art Direction
William Hutchinson
Art Direction
Jack Maxsted
Art Direction
Gil Parrondo
Art Direction
John Wilson-Apperson
Costume Supervisor / Wardrobe Supervisor
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Maurice Carter
Supervising Art Director
Claude Hudson
Production Manager
Sydney Streeter
Production Supervisor
Ray Caple
Special Effects
Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Special Effects / Still Photographer
A. G. Scott
Hairdresser
Derek Cracknell
First Assistant Director
David Bracknell
Second Unit Director
Colin Grimes
Storyboard Artist
Gordon Everett
Sound
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound
Teddy Mason
Sound Editor
Jim Shields
Sound Editor
Alan Quested
Visual Effects
John Jordan
Aerial Camera
Skeets Kelly
Aerial Camera
George Pearman
Electrician
Jimmy Spoard
Grip
Robert Huke
Second Unit Director of Photography
Carl Duering
Casting
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 15, 1969
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 12m
Content RatingG
Budget$12,000,000
Filming LocationsSpain · Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom · Malta
Genres
Wiki.
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. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Trevor Howard as Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, and Patrick Wymark as Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, and Robert Shaw as Squadron Leaders. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster.
The film endeavoured to be an accurate account of the Battle of Britain, when in the summer and autumn of 1940 the British RAF inflicted a strategic defeat on the Luftwaffe and so ensured the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. The film is notable for its spectacular flying sequences. It was on a far larger scale than had been seen on film before, and this made the film's production very expensive.