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Countdown to War Is a film for television of 1989 made by the channel PBS where describe the events occurred between 15 March 1939, when the German army commanded by Adolf Hitler invades the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (area of Czechoslovakia), until 3 September 1939, date in which France and England jointly declare war to Germany, beginning like this the Second World War. The film is divided in 4 different stages: Mussolini's study, Hitler's Chancellery, Stalin's Kremlin and Chamberlain's Cabinet. The script is built based on private letters, diaries and records of meetings between the different leaders. The film is starred by Ian McKellen, Michael Aldridge, Alex Norton and Barrie Rutter
Original Release
04/07/1989
US Release
04/07/1989
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian McKellen | Adolf Hitler |
Michael Aldridge | Neville Chamberlain |
Tony Britton | Sir Nevile Henderson |
John Woodvine | Joachim Von Ribbentrop |
Peter Vaughan | Hermann Göring / Hermann Goering |
Michael Culver | Lord Halifax / Halifax |
Anthony Bate | Sir John Simon / Simon |
Lee Montague | Hore-Belisha |
Jonathan Coy | Butler |
Ronnie Stevens | Phipps |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian McKellen | Adolf Hitler |
Michael Aldridge | Neville Chamberlain |
Tony Britton | Sir Nevile Henderson |
John Woodvine | Joachim Von Ribbentrop |
Peter Vaughan | Hermann Göring / Hermann Goering |
Michael Culver | Lord Halifax / Halifax |
Anthony Bate | Sir John Simon / Simon |
Lee Montague | Hore-Belisha |
Jonathan Coy | Butler |
Ronnie Stevens | Phipps |
Jack Galloway | MacDonald |
Richard Heffer | Wallace |
John Elmes | Colvin |
Bernard Gallagher | Greenwood |
David Swift | Daladier |
Robert Ashby | Bonnet |
Bernard Brown | Corbin |
Alex Norton | Stalin |
Michael Cronin | Molotov |
James Laurenson | Count Ciano / Ciano |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Norma Percy | Producer |