Mission of Honor (2018)

The exploits of 303 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. The squadron consisted of Polish pilots, many of whom were veterans of the air battles involved in Germany's invasion of Poland.

Director:

David Blair

Writers:

Robert Ryan, Alastair Galbraith

Stars:

Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Iwan Rheon	...	Jan Zumbach 'Donald'
Milo Gibson	...	John Kent 'Kentowski'
Stefanie Martini	...	Phyllis Lambert
Krystof Hádek	...	Josef Frantisek
Marcin Dorocinski	...	Witold Urbanowicz 'Kobra'
Manuel Klein	...	Trost
Raphael Desprez	...	Favier
Rosie Gray	...	Georgina
Emily Wyatt	...	Kate
Robert Portal	...	Keith Park
Andrew Sweet	...	Senior Controller
Marc Hughes	...	Ellis
Graham Padden	...	Rawlings
Teresa Mahoney	...	McCormac (as Teresa Mahoney-Bostridge)
Jamie Langlands	...	Met Officer

Storyline

Mission of Honor is the story of Hurricane Squadron 303, a group of brave pilots who fought in the skies over England in WW2, not just to keep Great Britain free from the Nazis, but also to keep alive the very idea of their own country, which had existed in its modern form for barely twenty years before it was crushed between the opposing jaws of Germany and Russia. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane and (with some initial reluctance) given RAF blue uniforms, while they fought, Poland lived.

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Plot Keywords:

battle of britain | fighter plane | world war two | world war two pilot | polish fighter pilot | 

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Taglines:

In Foreign Skies They Fought For Their Country

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Genres:

Action | Drama | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The air battle sequences were shot using a combination of replica cockpits, life-size replica Hurricane on gimbal, real Hurricane (one of only nine in the world) and visual effects.

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Goofs

The shoulder eagles on Georgina's uniform are the wrong way around. The eagles should face the wearer's rear.

User Reviews

Eighty Years for the movie Industry to tell this story

After eighty years of silence from Hollywood around the most inspiring epic story of WWII, suddenly in 2018 two movies were released about the Polish 303 Squadron based at RAF Northolt for the Battle of Britain. This little known story that surely deserves to be told, is based on the real story of the Polish Government moving itself and their military to Britain after Poland was invaded by the Germans in the west and the Russians in the east. But Does MISSION OF HONOR do this story justice? With tarty WAFs, bullying snobbish RAF pilots, and dispicable RAF officers, the inspirational core of the story seems to get lost in a series of unfortunate events, which should be that these highly skilled pilots decimated the Luftwaffe, outshone the British pilots, flew day and night in all weather daringly downing double the number of the planes that the British downed, and turned the tide of the war by preventing Hitler from invading Britain, and therefore making it possible for the Americans to have bases there. Perhaps this story has not been told in war movies because the West is ashamed of the ending. While the allies won the war, Poland became a satellite of the Soviet Union, and the Polish Military were not allowed to be a part of the Victory Parade because it would have offended Stalin. This movie is unsurprisingly anti-British in its bias, but does not allude to how the Polish pilots were appreciated by the common people of Britain as their exploits were heralded on the radio and Pathe News.

Details

Official Sites:

Prospect 3

Country:

UK Poland

Language:

English Polish German

Release Date:

15 March 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mission of Honor

Filming Locations:

White Waltham Airfield, Westacott Way, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,137,751

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Slate One, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color