Defence of the Realm

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Defence of the Realm is a 1985 British political thriller film about a journalist uncovering a government conspiracy, noted for its tense Cold War atmosphere and investigative drama.

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Defence of the Realm canonical 2

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instanceOf film ⓘ
political thriller film ⓘ
awardReceived FIPRESCI Prize at the 1986 Valladolid International Film Festival ⓘ
linked to: FIPRESCI Prize
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
castMember Bill Paterson ⓘ
David Calder ⓘ
Denholm Elliott ⓘ
Frederick Treves ⓘ
Fulton Mackay ⓘ
Gabriel Byrne ⓘ
Greta Scacchi ⓘ
Ian Bannen ⓘ
Robbie Coltrane ⓘ
cinematographer Roger Deakins ⓘ
composer Richard Harvey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfRelease United Kingdom ⓘ
director David Drury ⓘ
distributor Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors ⓘ
editor Michael Bradsell ⓘ
filmingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
genre Cold War film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
political thriller ⓘ
hasIMDbId tt0089018 ⓘ
mainCharacter Nick Mullen ⓘ
Nina Beckman ⓘ
Vernon Bayliss ⓘ
narrativeFocus journalistic investigation ⓘ
notableFor investigative drama tone ⓘ
tense Cold War atmosphere ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A journalist uncovers a government conspiracy involving national security and civil liberties. ⓘ
producer Robin Douet ⓘ
productionCompany Enigma Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1985-11-01 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenwriter Brian Ward ⓘ
Martin Stellman ⓘ
settingPeriod Cold War ⓘ
theme government conspiracy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
press freedom ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1985 ⓘ

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Denholm Elliott → notableWork → Defence of the Realm ⓘ
Jodhi May → notableWork → Defence of the Realm ⓘ