Went the Day Well? (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 88 min · dir. Alberto Cavalcanti
Went the day well? We died and never knew. But, well or ill, freedom we died for you.
- flashback film
- propaganda film
Synopsis
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Alberto Cavalcanti
- Writer
- Diana Morgan
- Composer
- William Walton
- Cinematography
- Wilkie Cooper
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Released
- 1942-12-07
- Running time
- 88 minutes
Cast & crew
Alberto Cavalcanti Director
Valerie Taylor
Marie Lohr
Thora Hird
John Slater
Edward Rigby
Frank Lawton
Leslie Banks
David Farrar
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Went the Day Well? (1942) · AJNorth · 2023-02-12
This extraordinary film is loosely based on a 1940 Graham Greene short story, "The Lieutenant Died Last"; the title comes from an epitaph by English classicist John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958), published on 6 February 1918 in The Times, within a piece entitled "Four Epitaphs". Though originally conceived of as a wartime propaganda film, "Went Well the Day?" stands on its own as audacious filmmaking of the highest order, with riveting intrigue and stunning, if not shocking, plot twists. Every aspect of the production is absolutely top-drawer (Sir William Walton's score is…
