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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Uncensored (1942)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.