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Words for Battle (1941) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1941 · 8 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Humphrey Jennings
- Starring
- Laurence Olivier, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Joseph Goebbels
Poems by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton and William Blake, together with excerpts from Abraham Lincoln’s and Winston Churchill’s speeches, are narrated by Laurence Olivier over documentary footage of England’s defence against the Nazi blitz in World War II. The short film functions as both propaganda and a stirring rallying cry for the British people.
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