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Countdown to War

6.719891h 18mMovieDramaHistoryWar

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

DirectorPatrick Lau

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Cast · Directed by Patrick Lau

IMIan McKellen
Ian McKellen
Adolf Hitler
MAMichael Aldridge
Michael Aldridge
Neville Chamberlain
TBTony Britton
Tony Britton
Sir Nevile Henderson
JWJohn Woodvine
John Woodvine
Joachim von Ribbentrop
PVPeter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan
Hermann Goering
MCMichael Culver
Michael Culver
Halifax
ABAnthony Bate
Anthony Bate
Simon
LMLee Montague
Lee Montague
Hore-Belisha
JCJonathan Coy
Jonathan Coy
Butler
RSRonnie Stevens
Ronnie Stevens
Phipps
JG
Jack Galloway
MacDonald
RHRichard Heffer
Richard Heffer
Wallace

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