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Went the Day Well? (1942)
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28 June 1944 (USA) morePlot:
An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
"Went The Day Well" vs "The Eagle Has Landed" more (34 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Leslie Banks | ... | Oliver Wilsford | |
| C.V. France | ... | The Vicar | |
| Valerie Taylor | ... | Nora Ashton | |
| Marie Lohr | ... | Mrs Fraser | |
| Basil Sydney | ... | Kommandant Orlter, alias Major Hammond | |
| David Farrar | ... | Lt. Jung, alias Lt. Maxwell | |
| Harry Fowler | ... | George Truscott, boy | |
| Frank Lawton | ... | Tom Sturry | |
| Edward Rigby | ... | Bill Purvis, the poacher | |
| Elizabeth Allan | ... | Peggy Pryde, [a Land Army Girl] | |
| Thora Hird | ... | Ivy Dawking, [a Land Army Girl] | |
| Norman Pierce | ... | Jim Sturry | |
| Mervyn Johns | ... | Charles Sims, the church warder | |
| Johnnie Schofield | ... | Joe Garbett, the policeman | |
| Patricia Hayes | ... | Daisy, the shop clerk |
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92 minCountry:
UKColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Alberto Cavalcanti was paid £45 a week while making the film. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the actions start on Monday morning, the shadows are too short; the scene was shot in the afternoon. moreQuotes:
Kommandant Orlter, alias Major Hammond: [addressing the church's congregation] Obey my order and you will not be harmed. Any person who attempts to escape or communicate with the outside world will be shot![shouting even louder]
Kommandant Orlter, alias Major Hammond: Is that clear?
The Vicar: You ask me to bow down to the forces of evil here in this House of God?
Kommandant Orlter, alias Major Hammond: I ask nothing! I give you my orders!
The Vicar: I am a minister of the Christian faith. I will take no orders from those who are the enemies and oppressors of mankind!
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I can't help but think of the similarities between this film and the later production "The Eagle Has Landed" based on the novel by Jack Higgins. Both films concern the capture of a sleepy English village by crack German paratroopers disguised as members of an allied force. In both stories the villagers are herded into the church and held captive, although the duration of captivity in the latter production is relatively short. Also, in the Higgins story, the objective of the German troops is the capture of Winston Churchill, not acting as an advance party probing weaknesses prior to the conquest of Britain.
The beauty of "Went The Day Well" is that is of its time, and the product of a country that was still at war, and reflects the concerns of the British wartime population. If you have an interest in World War Two and like black and white films, then by all means see this film.