Went the Day Well? (1942)

Directed by

Alberto Cavalcanti

Genre

propaganda film, flashback film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British village is suddenly taken over by German paratroopers. The residents fight back against the invaders in violent and desperate ways.

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What happens

Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It was produced by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios and served as unofficial propaganda for the war effort. The film shows a village in southern England taken over by German paratroopers, reflecting the greatest fear of the British public of the time, although the threat of German invasion had largely receded. The film is notable for its unusually, for the time, frank depiction of ruthless violence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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