“Battle of Britain” quotes
(1969)
Title Battle of Britain
Year 1969
Director Guy Hamilton
Genre Drama, History, War, Action
Year 1969
Director Guy Hamilton
Genre Drama, History, War, Action
Plot – During World War II, the commander of the Luftwaffe Marshal Goering orders a massive series of bombings on England, as a prelude to the invasion. Marshal Hugh C.T. Dowding, the commander of the British air defense, encounters difficulties because of the numerical minority of the aircrafts and pilots, while it is necessary to shoot down a great number of enemies to avoid the failure. In fact, the German plan includes three strategic phases, in which the aircrafts bomb the coastlines, then the internal airports and, finally, London. The English pilots desperately try to fight the enemies back, causing serious losses to the German fleet.
All actors – Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw
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“I'll give you a piece of advice: stay single.”
“The essential arithmetic is that our young men will have to shoot down their young men at the rate of four to one, if we're to keep pace at all.”
“- Baron von Richter: David, we are not asking for anything. Europe is ours, we can walk into Britain whenever we like.
- Sir David Kelly: If you think we're going to gamble on Herr Hitler's guarantees, you're making a grave mistake. All those years in England seems to have left you none the wiser. We're not easily frightened. Also we know how...” (continue)(continue reading)
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