
Another Country (1984)
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- PG
- 1h 30min
- Biography, Drama
- Jun 1984 (UK)
- Movie
Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.
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Stars:
Awards:
- Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Rupert Everett | ... |
Guy Bennett
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Colin Firth | ... |
Tommy Judd
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Michael Jenn | ... |
Barclay
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Robert Addie | ... |
Delahay
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Rupert Wainwright | ... |
Devenish
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Tristan Oliver | ... |
Fowler
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Cary Elwes | ... |
Harcourt
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Frederick Alexander | ... |
Menzies
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Adrian Ross Magenty | ... |
Wharton
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Geoffrey Bateman | ... |
Yevgeni
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Phillip Dupuy | ... |
Martineau
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Guy Henry | ... |
Head Boy
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Jeffry Wickham | ... |
Arthur
(as Jeffrey Wickham)
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John Line | ... |
Best Man
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Gideon Boulting | ... |
Trafford
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Llewellyn Rees | ... |
Senior Chaplain
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Arthur Howard | ... |
Waiter
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Ivor Roberts | ... |
Chief Judge
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Crispin Redman | ... |
Prefect
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Nicholas Rowe | ... |
Spungin
(as Nick Rowe)
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Kathleen St. John | ... |
Ivy
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Martin Wenner | ... |
Batsman 1
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Christopher Milburn | ... |
Batsman 2
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Tristram Jellinek | ... |
Nicholson
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Tristram Wymark | ... |
Henderson
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Ralph Perry-Robinson | ... |
Robbins
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Anna Massey | ... |
Imogen Bennett
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Betsy Brantley | ... |
Julie Schofield
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
James D.R. Hickox | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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Danny Lee | ... |
School boy (uncredited)
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Charles Spencer | ... |
Schoolboy extra (uncredited)
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Jim Tavaré | ... |
Student Onlooker at Bennett's Caning (uncredited)
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Directed by
Marek Kanievska |
Written by
Julian Mitchell | ... | (screenplay) |
Julian Mitchell | ... | (play) |
Produced by
Jake Eberts | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Robert Fox | ... | executive producer |
Alan Marshall | ... | producer |
Julian Seymour | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Michael Storey |
Cinematography by
Peter Biziou | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Gerry Hambling |
Editorial Department
Clive Barrett | ... | first assistant editor |
Jeremy Strachan | ... | second assistant editor |
Casting By
Celestia Fox |
Production Design by
Brian Morris |
Art Direction by
Clinton Cavers |
Makeup Department
Ross Carver | ... | hairdresser |
Pat Hay | ... | make up |
Sarah Monzani | ... | makeup supervisor |
Aaron Sherman | ... | special make up |
Production Management
Simon Bosanquet | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Armstrong | ... | first assistant director |
Christopher Figg | ... | second assistant director |
Christopher Knowles | ... | third assistant director |
Michael Zimbrich | ... | second assistant director |
Lee Cleary | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Frank Adam | ... | painter |
Les Benson | ... | propman |
Frank Berlin | ... | painter |
Dennis Bovington | ... | carpenter |
Jack Carter | ... | construction manager |
John Cook | ... | stagehand |
Peter Dunlop | ... | production buyer |
Trevor Dyer | ... | carpenter |
Chris Frank | ... | scenic artist (as Christopher Bradley) |
Steve Franklin | ... | props van |
Wally Fraser | ... | carpenter |
John Hedges | ... | carpenter |
Michael Hedges | ... | carpenter |
Robert Hill | ... | propman (as Rob Hill) |
Thomas Hughes | ... | painter |
Gordon Izod | ... | plasterer |
Kenneth Langridge | ... | stagehand (as Ken Langridge) |
Maxie McDonald | ... | property master |
Brian Morris | ... | set designer |
Eric Nash | ... | plasterer |
Colin Pearce | ... | draper |
Ian Ritchie | ... | art department trainee |
Butch Roper | ... | painter |
Steve Short | ... | propman |
Peter Spencer | ... | propman |
Paul Templeman | ... | scenic artist |
Tony Wright | ... | storyboard artist (as Anthony Wright) |
Sound Department
John Chandler | ... | boom operator |
Richard Daniel | ... | sound maintenance |
Leonard Green | ... | assistant dubbing editor |
Eddy Joseph | ... | dubbing editor |
Ray Merrin | ... | assistant mixer |
Bill Rowe | ... | dubbing mixer |
Ken Weston | ... | sound mixer |
Visual Effects by
Craig Chandler | ... | optical effects (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ronald Anscombe | ... | follow focus (as Ronnie Anscombe) |
Tony Brown | ... | clapper loader |
Clive Coote | ... | additional still photographer |
Alfie Emmins | ... | electrician |
Bob Freeman | ... | camera car |
Roy Furness | ... | electrician |
David Garfath | ... | camera operator |
David James | ... | still photographer |
Dickie Lee | ... | camera grip |
Ray Potter | ... | chief electrician / gaffer |
Terry Potter | ... | best boy / hand electrician |
Jimmy Terry | ... | electrician |
Bill Thornhill | ... | generator operator (as Billy Thornhill) |
Terry Townsend | ... | electrician |
David Williams | ... | rigger (as Dave Williams) |
Casting Department
Lucy Boulting | ... | additional casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maureen Booth | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Ken Crouch | ... | wardrobe master (as Kenny Crouch) |
Mary Ellis | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Pip Newberry | ... | wardrobe mistress (as Pip Newbery) |
Nick Perry | ... | wardrobe bus |
Penny Rose | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Location Management
Christopher Knowles | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
Bud Beadle | ... | musician |
Simon Chamberlain | ... | musician |
Mike Connaris | ... | music engineer |
Helen Liebman | ... | musician (as Helen Liebmann) |
Ray Singer | ... | musician |
David Squibb | ... | choirmaster |
Trinity Boys Choir | ... | sung by: "Hymns" |
Peter Waygood | ... | choir coordinator |
Gavyn Wright | ... | musician (as Gavin Wright) |
Script and Continuity Department
Alison Thorne | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Dan Cressy | ... | unit driver |
Tommy Lee | ... | unit driver |
Additional Crew
Harry Ayres | ... | construction van |
Dave Bruyea | ... | construction van |
Allen Burry | ... | unit publicist |
Lee Cleary | ... | floor runner |
Jonathan Cooke | ... | assistant to producer |
Sally Feller | ... | secretary to producer |
Peter Harris | ... | military advisor |
Adrian Harrison | ... | production runner |
William Hiley | ... | production runner |
Debbie O'Brien | ... | contact: London |
Cormac O'Shea | ... | worldwide distribution director (as John Porter) |
Maggie Phelan | ... | assistant production accountant |
Ron Phipps | ... | production accountant |
Patricia Poole | ... | assistant production accountant (as Pat Poole) |
Mary Richards | ... | production assistant |
Gilly Ruben | ... | contact: London |
Colm Villa | ... | attachment: N.F.S. |
Lorna Young | ... | chaperone |
Production Companies
- Goldcrest Films International (present)
- National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) (in association with)
Distributors
- Virgin Films (1984) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Orion Classics (1984) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1984) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Pegasus (Brazil) (VHS)
- Star Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
- CEL Film Distribution (1985) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Greater Union Organisation (GUO) (1985) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Herald Ace (1985) (Japan) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Sandrew Film & Teater AB (1985) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1985) (France) (VHS)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1985) (Japan) (VHS)
- Embassy Video (1985) (West Germany) (VHS) (Nelson Entertainment)
- VCM (1985) (Norway) (VHS)
- Warner Filipacchi Vidéo (1985) (France) (VHS)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1989) (United States) (VHS)
- Concorde Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
- Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (tv)
- BBC Warner (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Indies Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Film4 (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (as Film 4)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
- EuropaCorp. Distribution (2010) (France) (DVD)
- Happinet (2010) (Japan) (DVD) (HD new master)
- IPA Asia Pacific (2012) (Taiwan)
- Content Rocket (2024) (World-wide) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Joe Dunton Cameras (cameras and lenses by)
- Lee Electric Lighting (lighting by)
- General Screen Enterprises (titles)
- Rank Film Laboratories (colour by)
- Thorn EMI Elstree Studios (re-recorded at)
- Sounds Aquarian (music recorded at)
- Olympic Studios (music recorded at)
- Goldcrest Films International (developed with assistance of)
- Robert Fox Limited (developed with assistance of)
- National Film Development Fund (NFDF) (developed with assistance of)
- Robert Fox Limited (produced on the stage by)
- Memorial Films (produced on the stage by)
- Long Wharf Theatre Company (stage: American Premier Presented at)
- Castlezone Ltd. (made on location: in England by)
- Eastern Counties Newspapers Ltd. (in association with: A Goldcrest Prodcution)
- Visual Icon (exclusive clip and still licensing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell, the film explores the effect of Public School life in the 1930's on Guy Burgess as his homosexuality and unwillingness to "play the game" turns him eastwards towards communist Russia.
Written by Craig Wood |
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Taglines | He outraged his friends. He rebelled against his family. Finally, he betrayed his country. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Loosely based on the early life of Guy Burgess, a key figure in the Cambridge Five spy ring of the 1930s and 1940s, who eventually defected to Russia in 1951. Even the manner of "Guy Bennett"'s father's death, as he discloses it to Harcourt, is the same as Burgess's father. Even so, the closing credits make the standard declaration, "The events, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual firms is purely coincidental." See more » |
Goofs | When the cadets are on parade in the school quadrangle, the statue of a man in seventeenth-century dress identifies their location as the courtyard of the Bodleian Library, on the campus of Oxford University. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Celluloid Closet (1995). See more » |
Soundtracks | I Vow to Thee, My Country See more » |
Quotes |
Fowler:
I have half a mind to ask Barclay for permission to beat you! Tommy Judd: Well, you've half a mind. We can all agree on that. See more » |