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1942 Certificate PG
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An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion. Read more

Starring Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr
Director Alberto Cavalcanti
Genres Action/Adventure

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Went The Day Well

An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.

Starring Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr, Basil Sydney, David Farrar
Director Alberto Cavalcanti
Studio Optimum Home Entertainment
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Action/Adventure
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 08 Sep 2003
Production year: 1942
  • Critics' reviews (2) of Went The Day Well

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    This is without question the finest Home Front picture made during the Second World War. Adapted from Graham Greene's short story The Lieutenant Died Last, it depicts the seizure of a quiet English village by disguised Nazi soldiers in league with local quislings with such plausibility that it must have chilled contemporary audiences to the bone. Those watching today will be similarly struck by the steel beneath the quintessential Englishness of the villagers. What makes this such compelling cinema for viewers decades later is the realism and restraint with which director Alberto Cavalcanti tells his tale and the naturalistic playing of his splendid cast.

    • Radio Times
  • 2 stars out of 4

    Could-it-happen melodrama which made excellent wartime propaganda; generally well staged.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 20 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5.0 stars

    A truly fascinating film made in England during WW2

    If you don't know anything about this film before watching it, don't be misled by the opening. This film was made in 1942, and the storyteller is ... more

      • Benj from London
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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5.0 stars

    A war film about the Home Front

    'Went the Day Well?' was released in May 1942, at the height of the Second World War when German invasion of Britain was expected at any moment. The ... more

      • A customer from Cardiff, Wales.

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