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Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä

Original title: Britannia Hospital
  • 19821982
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.7K
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POPULARITY
30,385
4,058
Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.
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The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.

IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
30,385
4,058
  • Director
    • Lindsay Anderson
  • Writer
    • David Sherwin
  • Stars
    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Brian Pettifer
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lindsay Anderson
  • Writer
    • David Sherwin
  • Stars
    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Brian Pettifer
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 33User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
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    Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    Leonard Rossiter in Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    John Bett in Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    Mark Hamill in Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    Robin Askwith and Liz Smith in Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    Malcolm McDowell and Marsha A. Hunt in Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)
    John Bett in Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (1982)

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    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Vincent Potter: Administration
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Mick Travis: The Media
    Brian Pettifer
    Brian Pettifer
    • Biles: Administration
    John Moffatt
    John Moffatt
    • Greville Figg: Administration
    Fulton Mackay
    Fulton Mackay
    • Chief Superintendant Johns: Administration
    Vivian Pickles
    Vivian Pickles
    • Matron: Administration
    Barbara Hicks
    Barbara Hicks
    • Miss Tinker: Administration
    Graham Crowden
    Graham Crowden
    • Professor Millar: Medicos
    Jill Bennett
    Jill Bennett
    • Dr. MacMillan: Medicos
    Peter Jeffrey
    Peter Jeffrey
    • Sir Geoffrey: Medicos
    Marsha A. Hunt
    Marsha A. Hunt
    • Nurse Amanda Persil: Medicos
    • (as Marsha Hunt)
    Catherine Willmer
    Catherine Willmer
    • Dr. Houston: Medicos
    Mary MacLeod
    Mary MacLeod
    • Casualty Sister: Medicos
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Phyllis Grimshaw: The Unions
    Robin Askwith
    Robin Askwith
    • Ben Keating: The Unions
    Dave Atkins
    • Sharkey: The Unions
    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    • Red: The Media
    Frank Grimes
    Frank Grimes
    • Sammy…
    • Director
      • Lindsay Anderson
    • Writer
      • David Sherwin
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Mark Hamill, Sir Alan Bates, and Malcolm McDowell worked for free.
    • Goofs
      At 02:40, the nurse puts her cape on twice.
    • Quotes

      Professor Millar: Friends! Fellow Members of the Human Race! We are gathered here for a purpose. Let us look together at Mankind. What do we see? We see Mastery. What wonders Mankind can perform. He can cross the oceans and continents today, as easily as our grandfathers crossed the street. Tomorrow he will as easily cross the vast territories of space. He can make deserts FERTILE and plant cabbages on the Moon. And what does man CHOOSE? Alone among the creatures of this world, the Human Race CHOOSES to ANNIHILATE itself. Since the last world conflict ended, there has not been one day in which Human Beings have not been SLAUGHTERING or wounding one another, in 200 and 30 different wars. And man BREEDS as recklessly as he lays waste. By the end of the century, the population of the world will have TRIPLED. 2/3rds of our plant species will have been DESTROYED. 55% of the Animal Kingdom. and 70% of our mineral resources. Out of every hundred Human Beings now living, 80 will DIE without ever KNOWING what it FEELS like to be fully nourished... While a tiny minority INDULGE themselves in ABSURD and EXTRAVAGANT luxuries. A motion picture entertainer of North America will receive as much money in a MONTH as would feed a starving South American tribe for a hundred YEARS! We WASTE! We DESTROY! AND, we cling like SAVAGES to our SUPERSTITIONS. We give POWER to LEADERS of State and Church as prejudiced and small-minded as ourselves, who SQUANDER our resources on instruments of destruction... While Millions continue to SUFFER and go hungry, condemned FOREVER to lives of IGNORANCE and DEPRIVATION. And why is this? It is because mankind has denied Intelligence, the unique glory of our species - the Human Brain. Man is entering an era of INFINITE possibility, still imprisoned in a FEEBLE, inefficient body... Still manacled by primitive notions of morality, which have NO PLACE in an Age of Science... Still powered by a brain that has HARDLY developed since the species emerged from the caves. Only a NEW intelligence can save Mankind! Only a new Human Being of PURE BRAIN can lead man forward into the new era. I do not speak of DREAMS. Such a being exists already. I have created it! It is HERE. NOW. Prepare yourselves to meet the Human of the Future. Neither Man nor Woman. Greater than either. I have given it a name. Genesis. Birth. A New Birth. A New Beginning for Mankind. People of Today, Behold Your Future!

    • Crazy credits
      Fulton Mackay's character was billed as Chief Superintendant; the correct spelling is Superintendent.
    • Connections
      Featured in Free Cinema (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      RULE BRITANNIA
      Sung by Gillian Knight

      Arranged and conducted by Derek Wadsworth

    User reviews33

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    8/10
    Britannia Hospital: A Lindsay Anderson film which succinctly portrays some glaring deficiencies of British health care system.
    It can be anybody's wild guess that most viewers would bring to their minds a sick nation which needs to be urgently cured come what may whenever they hear about a film with a wacky title-"Britannia Hospital". However, one has to bear in mind that "Britannia Hospital" is no ordinary infirmary as it is infested with numerous dubious characters intent on getting their personal agendas furthered at a time when the eponymous health establishment is getting all spruced up to celebrate its 500th anniversary. One can thus watch with customary mirth a scientist determined to produce the best brain in the world, an hospital official who would like to instruct its staff about the right manners in which British queen must be received, a reckless reporter who would like to stealthily film irregularities of an hospital etc. A long time before Romanian director Cristi Puiu burst on international scene with his absurd tale set in a Bucharest hospital, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), Lindsay Anderson-one of British cinema's greatest auteur had already made one of the best satires in the history of British cinema. Britannia Hospital is so brutal yet frank in its mission to expose horrendous absurdities of an hospital system that comparisons with Samuel Fuller's maverick "Shock Corridor" (1963) would not appear incongruous. Lindsay Anderson's film is a phenomenal treat for all Anglophobes/Britanophobes as he ruthlessly attacks whatever that is either dear to Britain or has a distinct British connection. Upon its release in 1982, a horrible time for Britain, this Lindsay Anderson film was butchered beyond recognition by some vested interests of British press. However, it is high time genuine film admirers make efforts to go beyond the realm of "Carry On" films as "Britannia Hospital" is the only perfect film which would make viewers jump with joy discovering why affordable,decent health care is still a matter of concern for most ordinary Britons.
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    • FilmCriticLalitRao
    • Jul 23, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 1983 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Britannia Hospital - festdagen
    • Filming locations
      • Friern Barnet, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • British Lion Film Corporation
      • EMI Films
      • Film and General Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $375,713
    • Gross worldwide
      • $375,713
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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