Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

UK, Aug. 15, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear on a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller gets the job 6 days later, secretly trying to find out what happened.

Director:

Andy Goddard

Writers:

Eddie Izzard (story by), Celyn Jones (story by)

Stars:

Nigel Lindsay, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nigel Lindsay	...	Wheatley
Judi Dench	...	Miss Rocholl
Eddie Izzard	...	Thomas Miller
Jim Broadbent	...	Charlie
Maria Dragus	...	Astrid
Luisa-Céline Gaffron	...	Sigrid
Daria Wolf	...	Leta
Bianca Nawrath	...	Paula
Carla Juri	...	Ilse
Franziska Brandmeier	...	Beatrix
Tijan Marei	...	Gretel
Kevin Eldon	...	Sergeant Simmons
Toby Hadoke	...	Music Hall Comic
Andrew Byron	...	German Minister
Joe Bone	...	Jackie

Storyline

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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Plot Keywords:

world war two | 

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Taglines:

Based on Incredible True Events

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the film is nothing to do with the Doomsday Clock, which was not introduced until 8 years after the events of the film, and is nothing to do with British Intelligence. As the character of Captsin Drey explains in the film itself, it refers to Miller's Intelligence phone contact number which is Whitehall 1154.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie the announcement of war with Germany to the British people was made by Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, NOT by Winston Churchill. The announcement was made Sept 3, 1939. Churchill did not become Prime Minister until May 10, 1940.

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Quotes

Miss Rocholl: What bring you here Mr. Miller? What sort of English man would accept a position teaching Herr Hitler's league of German girls?

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Soundtracks

Jerusalem
Written by William Blake
Music by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (as Hubert Parry)
Performed by The Augusta Victoria Girls

User Reviews

Entertaining

Some other comments here are probably accurate but I thought it an entertaining yarn. Worth watching.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 2021 (USA)

Also Known As:

Six Minutes to Midnight

Filming Locations:

Wales, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$51,315, 28 March 2021

Gross USA:

$115,225

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$296,441

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mad As Birds, West Madison Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1