Another Country (1984)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Marek Kanievska

Writer:

Julian Mitchell (play)

Release Date:

June 1984 (UK)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The smash hit London play now a big screen event . . . not to be missed! [Australia theatrical]

Plot:

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Communist | 1930s | Fame | Treason

Awards:

Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Rupert Everett	...	Guy Bennett
Colin Firth	...	Tommy Judd
Michael Jenn	...	Barclay
Robert Addie	...	Delahay
Rupert Wainwright	...	Donald Devenish
Tristan Oliver	...	Fowler
Cary Elwes	...	James Harcourt
Frederick Alexander	...	Jim Menzies
Adrian Ross Magenty	...	Wharton
Geoffrey Bateman	...	Yevgeni
Philip Dupuy	...	Martineau
Guy Henry	...	Head Boy
Jeffrey Wickham	...	Arthur
John Line	...	Best Man
Gideon Boulting	...	Trafford

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Althorp House, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Company:

Castlezone

Trivia:

In the original West End play of "Another County" that ran in London in 1982, Kenneth Branagh, at age 22, originated and played the part of Judd. In the movie the part was given to Colin Firth. Firth had also been in the original play but had played the character Bennett. Rupert Everett repeated the same role he had played on stage. Ironically, it had been Branagh who won the Society of West End Theatre award that year for 'Most Promising Newcomer' for his part in the play. In 1987 both Firth and Branagh would co-star in the movie 'A Month in the Country'.

Quotes:

Guy Bennett: Fame or infamy, what does it matter? I shan't be forgotten.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in St. Trinian's (2007)

Burgess & Communism

Guy Burgess became a communist, spied for the Soviet Union, and lived there for the rest of his life after he was found out. Why? Because, as far as we can tell from this movie, he was a homosexual, and British law was extremely harsh toward male homosexuals. That makes no sense at all. Soviet law was also extremely repressive against homosexuals in those days. No one would have chosen the Soviet Union because they thought it was more hospitable for gays. Since Guy Burgess was a real person and this film is based on his life, he must have had some other reason for becoming a communist (he wasn't one in his school days) that has nothing to do with his sexual orientation. What was it? The movie doesn't tell us.