Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)

Directed by

Justin Hardy

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

56 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor in Manchester tries to contain the spread of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. The film follows his efforts to protect the city while dealing with limited resources and public resistance.

historicalsomberunderstatededucationalpersonalurgentgroundedintimate

What happens

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It is a dramatization of Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the Spanish flu, a 1918-1920 flu pandemic, in Manchester. It was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 5 August 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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