Went the Day Well?

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Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British wartime thriller film depicting a quiet English village’s resistance to an undercover Nazi invasion, regarded as a classic of British cinema and propaganda.

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Went the Day Well? canonical 4

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instanceOf film
authorOfSourceWork Graham Greene
basedOn The Lieutenant Died Last
castMember Basil Sydney
C.V. France
Harry Fowler
Leslie Banks
Mervyn Johns
Thora Hird
Valerie Taylor
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Nazi invasion of Britain
World War II
civilian resistance
director Alberto Cavalcanti
disguisedAntagonists German soldiers posing as British troops
distributor Ealing Studios
fictionalLocation Bramley End
filmFormat black-and-white
genre propaganda film
thriller
war film
mainCharacter Mrs. Collins
Nora Ashton
Oliver Wilsford
narrativeFrame post-war churchyard narration
notableTheme betrayal and collaboration
ordinary people as heroes
violence in rural idyll
originalLanguage English
producer Michael Balcon
linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
productionCompany Ealing Studios
propagandaPurpose boost wartime morale
encourage British civilian vigilance
warn about fifth columnists
regardedAs classic British wartime propaganda film
classic of British cinema
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 92
screenwriter Angus MacPhail
Diana Morgan
John Dighton
settingLocation English village of Bramley End
timePeriodDepicted World War II home front in Britain

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Michael Balcon notableWork Went the Day Well?
subject linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
Thora Hird notableWork Went the Day Well?
Mervyn Johns notableWork Went the Day Well?
Mervyn Johns appearedIn Went the Day Well?