Went the Day Well?

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Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British wartime thriller film depicting a quiet English village’s resistance to an undercover Nazi invasion, regarded as a classic of British cinema and propaganda.

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Went the Day Well? canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Graham Greene ⓘ
basedOn The Lieutenant Died Last ⓘ
castMember Basil Sydney ⓘ
C.V. France ⓘ
Harry Fowler ⓘ
Leslie Banks ⓘ
Mervyn Johns ⓘ
Thora Hird ⓘ
Valerie Taylor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts Nazi invasion of Britain ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
civilian resistance ⓘ
director Alberto Cavalcanti ⓘ
disguisedAntagonists German soldiers posing as British troops ⓘ
distributor Ealing Studios ⓘ
fictionalLocation Bramley End ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
genre propaganda film ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
war film ⓘ
mainCharacter Mrs. Collins ⓘ
Nora Ashton ⓘ
Oliver Wilsford ⓘ
narrativeFrame post-war churchyard narration ⓘ
notableTheme betrayal and collaboration ⓘ
ordinary people as heroes ⓘ
violence in rural idyll ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Michael Balcon ⓘ
linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
productionCompany Ealing Studios ⓘ
propagandaPurpose boost wartime morale ⓘ
encourage British civilian vigilance ⓘ
warn about fifth columnists ⓘ
regardedAs classic British wartime propaganda film ⓘ
classic of British cinema ⓘ
releaseYear 1942 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter Angus MacPhail ⓘ
Diana Morgan ⓘ
John Dighton ⓘ
settingLocation English village of Bramley End ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted World War II home front in Britain ⓘ

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Michael Balcon → notableWork → Went the Day Well? ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
Thora Hird → notableWork → Went the Day Well? ⓘ
Mervyn Johns → notableWork → Went the Day Well? ⓘ
Mervyn Johns → appearedIn → Went the Day Well? ⓘ