Countdown to War (1989)

6.7/10 78 min Drama History War TV Movie

Overview

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

Cast

Ian McKellen

Adolf Hitler

Michael Aldridge

Neville Chamberlain

Tony Britton

Sir Nevile Henderson

John Woodvine

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Peter Vaughan

Hermann Goering

Michael Culver

Halifax

Anthony Bate

Simon

Lee Montague

Hore-Belisha

Jonathan Coy

Butler

Ronnie Stevens

Phipps

Richard Heffer

Wallace

Bernard Gallagher

Greenwood

Robert Ashby

Bonnet

Alex Norton

Stalin

Michael Cronin

Molotov

James Laurenson

Ciano

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