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RUNTIME
Did you know
90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Hugh Burden
Marshall Foch
Ronald Hines
Admiral Weymss
Michael Jayston
Alfred Maiberling
John Shrapnel
Matthias Erzberger
Michael Mellinger
General Waygand
John MacGregor
Admiral Hope
David Swift
General Groener
David Calder
General Von Heldorff
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Brian Gibson
- Writers
- Thomas Keneally, Brian Gibson
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Brian Gibson directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 247 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Hugh Burden and Ronald Hines and Michael Jayston carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0489716 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Brian Gibson
Production companies
Who made it
Granada Television
GB
Key crew
- ProducerMichael Dunlop
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- period drama
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1979-07-28
