Countdown to War

Countdown to War

78 mins | Drama, War, History | April 7, 1989

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

Countdown to War

78 mins | Drama, War, History | April 7, 1989

Countdown to War
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Countdown to War
Directors Patrick Lau
Writers

Cast

Ian McKellen

as Adolf Hitler

Michael Aldridge

as Neville Chamberlain

Tony Britton

as Sir Nevile Henderson

John Woodvine

as Joachim von Ribbentrop

Peter Vaughan

as Hermann Goering

Michael Culver

as Halifax

Anthony Bate

as Simon

Lee Montague

as Hore-Belisha

Jonathan Coy

as Butler

Ronnie Stevens

as Phipps

Jack Galloway

as MacDonald

Richard Heffer

as Wallace

John Elmes

as Colvin

Bernard Gallagher

as Greenwood

David Swift

as Daladier

Robert Ashby

as Bonnet

Bernard Brown

as Corbin

Alex Norton

as Stalin

Michael Cronin

as Molotov

James Laurenson

as Ciano

Barrie Rutter

as Mussolini

Stephen Moore

as Beck

Bill Stewart

as Lipski