Countdown to War (1989) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1989 · 78 mins · English

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Directed by

Patrick Lau

Starring

Ian McKellen, Michael Aldridge, Alex Norton, John Woodvine, Peter Vaughan, Michael Culver

Adapted from a stage play, the film dramatizes the high‑stakes diplomatic negotiations among the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Nazi‑Germany and the USSR, beginning with the collapse of Czechoslovakia and culminating in Britain’s declaration of war after Hitler’s invasion of Poland. It portrays the tense buildup to World War II.