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A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full-on invasion.A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full-on invasion.A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full-on invasion.
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Hugh Fraser
- BBC Newsreader
- (voice)
- …
Rory McHenry
- Johnny
- (voice)
Ewan McGregor
- Chris
- (voice)
Stephen Merchant
- Tom
- (voice)
Richard E. Grant
- The Vicar
- (voice)
Tom Wilkinson
- Albert
- (voice)
- …
Tobias Menzies
- Captain English
- (voice)
- …
Caroline Duff
- F.A.N.Y. Girl 1
- (voice)
Charlotte Moore
- F.A.N.Y. Girl 2
- (voice)
- …
Rosamund Pike
- Daisy
- (voice)
Martyn Ellis
- Zeppelin Captain
- (voice)
- …
James Hicks
- Igor
- (voice)
- …
Pam Ferris
- Matron Rutty
- (voice)
Brian Conley
- Zeppelin Crewman
- (voice)
- …
Richard O'Brien
- Himmler
- (voice)
Dominic West
- Fiske
- (voice)
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- TriviaThe ale being drunk at hadrians wall called Spitfire is a real drink. Spitfire Premium ale is a Kentish Ale and was brewed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
- GoofsA German tank destroys The Cenotaph to gain access to Downing Street. The Cenotaph is not located at the junction of Downing Street & Whitehall, it is further down the street.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The King's Speech (2010)
- SoundtracksJerusalem
Words by William Blake and lyrics by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Performed by Rosamund Pike, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Merchant, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Pam Ferris and Cast
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Comic strips, sans the comedy
I can see what they were going for with this film, a knock-about pastiche of the Victor, done comically badly with tabletop dioramas and Action Men and Barbie style dolls - and right there was the first swing- and-a-miss.
With the voice cast and budget, they could and should have licensed actual Action Man. And surely the distinctive looks of the British Sindy doll would have been more apropos than Barbie.
So the stylistic tone was flat from the beginning, and then we get to the sheer woodenness of the (non) animation. Yes, I get that they're just moving dolls around, but there was no personality in the movement, nor expression in the faces. It was freakish and creepy and that jars with the comic tone that they were striving for. Rather than appearing deliberately and charmingly awful, it feels like this is the best that they could achieve, and shoddy work can only receive pity praise.
On the comic tone, strive as they might, it mostly failed. There are a few, a very few, smile (or grimace) inducing lines, but no consistency either in writing or scripting, with scenes dribbling on to no good purpose or conclusion. The pacing is also erratic, and the editing lazy. I suspect that every second of footage ended up on screen.
All in all a dire, disappointing mess that blows both the premise and the stellar cast on a dull, pointless exercise.
The glaring obviousness of the shilling in the early reviews and review- ratings doesn't do it any favours either. This is not a film that can stand on its own merits, and instead needs to rely on the kind of propaganda and suppression of which Goebbels would have been proud.
With the voice cast and budget, they could and should have licensed actual Action Man. And surely the distinctive looks of the British Sindy doll would have been more apropos than Barbie.
So the stylistic tone was flat from the beginning, and then we get to the sheer woodenness of the (non) animation. Yes, I get that they're just moving dolls around, but there was no personality in the movement, nor expression in the faces. It was freakish and creepy and that jars with the comic tone that they were striving for. Rather than appearing deliberately and charmingly awful, it feels like this is the best that they could achieve, and shoddy work can only receive pity praise.
On the comic tone, strive as they might, it mostly failed. There are a few, a very few, smile (or grimace) inducing lines, but no consistency either in writing or scripting, with scenes dribbling on to no good purpose or conclusion. The pacing is also erratic, and the editing lazy. I suspect that every second of footage ended up on screen.
All in all a dire, disappointing mess that blows both the premise and the stellar cast on a dull, pointless exercise.
The glaring obviousness of the shilling in the early reviews and review- ratings doesn't do it any favours either. This is not a film that can stand on its own merits, and instead needs to rely on the kind of propaganda and suppression of which Goebbels would have been proud.
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- Mar 21, 2015
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- Nazi'ler İngiltere'de
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- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $20,776
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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