The National Health (1973)
- Directed by
- Jack Gold
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 12 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
The staff of an NHS hospital struggle to cope with the chaos and bureaucracy. The film follows doctors and nurses dealing with patients and the system.
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What happens
The National Health is a 1973 British black comedy film directed by Jack Gold and starring Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely and Eleanor Bron. It is based on the 1969 play The National Health by Peter Nichols, in which the staff struggle to cope in a NHS hospital. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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