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Britannia Hospital

  • 19821982
  • RR
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.7K
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Britannia Hospital (1982)
The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.
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  • Comedy
  • Sci-Fi
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
  • 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
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

    Videos1

    Trailer
    Trailer 2:56
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    Photos28

    A1 movie poster -  59 x 84 cm or 23" x 33"
    Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Leonard Rossiter in Britannia Hospital (1982)
    John Bett in Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Mark Hamill in Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Robin Askwith and Liz Smith in Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Malcolm McDowell and Marsha A. Hunt in Britannia Hospital (1982)
    John Bett in Britannia Hospital (1982)

    Top cast

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    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Vincent Potter: Administrationas Vincent Potter: Administration
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Mick Travis: The Mediaas Mick Travis: The Media
    Brian Pettifer
    Brian Pettifer
    • Biles: Administrationas Biles: Administration
    John Moffatt
    John Moffatt
    • Greville Figg: Administrationas Greville Figg: Administration
    Fulton Mackay
    Fulton Mackay
    • Chief Superintendant Johns: Administrationas Chief Superintendant Johns: Administration
    Vivian Pickles
    Vivian Pickles
    • Matron: Administrationas Matron: Administration
    Barbara Hicks
    Barbara Hicks
    • Miss Tinker: Administrationas Miss Tinker: Administration
    Graham Crowden
    Graham Crowden
    • Professor Millar: Medicosas Professor Millar: Medicos
    Jill Bennett
    Jill Bennett
    • Dr. MacMillan: Medicosas Dr. MacMillan: Medicos
    Peter Jeffrey
    Peter Jeffrey
    • Sir Geoffrey: Medicosas Sir Geoffrey: Medicos
    Marsha A. Hunt
    Marsha A. Hunt
    • Nurse Amanda Persil: Medicosas Nurse Amanda Persil: Medicos
    • (as Marsha Hunt)
    Catherine Willmer
    Catherine Willmer
    • Dr. Houston: Medicosas Dr. Houston: Medicos
    Mary MacLeod
    Mary MacLeod
    • Casualty Sister: Medicosas Casualty Sister: Medicos
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Phyllis Grimshaw: The Unionsas Phyllis Grimshaw: The Unions
    Robin Askwith
    Robin Askwith
    • Ben Keating: The Unionsas Ben Keating: The Unions
    Dave Atkins
    • Sharkey: The Unionsas Sharkey: The Unions
    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    • Red: The Mediaas Red: The Media
    Frank Grimes
    Frank Grimes
    • Sammyas Sammy…
    • Director
      • Lindsay Anderson
    • Writer
      • David Sherwin
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    Storyline

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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

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    If not as good as if... and O Lucky Man, that doesn't mean it is worthless
    This film completes the Mick Travis trilogy, of which the first two installments are if… (1968) and O Lucky Man (1973). You could say either that Britannia Hospital has little to do with the other two films or a lot. It depends on how you look at it. The political viewpoints are similar, but the style is much different. The three movies remind me much of Tati's first three Hulot films in the way they differ between each other while having interconnected themes. This would be Anderson's Playtime, in that, much like Hulot in Playtime, Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) becomes just one of a million different characters. Calling Britannia Hospital Anderson's Playtime oversells the film, unfortunately. The film does not work quite as well as if… and O Lucky Man, both of which are masterpieces, in my estimation. Britannia Hospital feels like it ought to be a masterpiece. There are just so many flashes of genius. You see images and scenes that Federico Fellini or Luis Buñuel would have killed to come up with, and the film's liberal politics, while definitely somewhat confusing, are far more potent than anything Godard ever put forward. It also contains one moment of gorgeous eroticism, when Malcolm McDowell is changing clothes and a nurse gently cups both of his buttocks from behind. By the end, though, instead of being moved I was rather scratching my head. The film would probably benefit if I were to watch all three installments in a row, because there are apparently a lot of characters that are shared between them (I only recognized Mick Travis and Professor Millar; it's been over two years since I've seen the other films). But, then again, seeing how this film has been completely tossed aside by so many people, I'm hardly the only one who is confused. On the other hand, a film with so much ambition and power ought never to be shoved aside. Its dismissal is more than a little unjustified.
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    • zetes
    • Mar 21, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1982 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Anderson's Britannia Hospital
    • 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 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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