Battle of Britain

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.

Cast

Harry Andrews

as Senior Civil Servant

Michael Caine

as Squadron Leader Canfield

Trevor Howard

as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park

Curd Jürgens

as Baron von Richter

Ian McShane

as Sgt. Pilot Andy

Kenneth More

as Group Capt. Baker

Laurence Olivier

as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Nigel Patrick

as Group Capt. Hope

Christopher Plummer

as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

Michael Redgrave

as Air Vice Marshal Evill

Reviews

John Chard

Stirring chest beater for those prepared to indulge. You don't need me to give you a history lesson here, Battle Of Britain, much like 98% of all war movies is a glossed up extension of an historical event, if you want history then go read all the serious historian comments instead. Wanna rea...

CinemaSerf

It's 1940 and the ebullient Reichsmarschall (Hein Riess) arrives in his powder blue uniform to inspire his invincible Luftwaffe in their imminent reduction of the RAF to a pile of bombed out aerodromes and blazing aircraft. Across the channel, Sir Hugh Dowding (Sir Laurence Olivier) is trying to org...

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