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

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Sir Michael Balcon notableWork Went the Day Well?
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
Thora Hird notableWork Went the Day Well?