The Lion Has Wings (1939)

Directors

Adrian Brunel, Alexander Korda, Brian Desmond Hurst, Michael Powell

Cast

Anthony Bushell, Austin Trevor, Bernard Miles, Derrick De Marney, Flora Robson, John Longden, June Duprez, Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, Robert Douglas, Ronald Adam, Torin Thatcher

The story

The Lion Has Wings is recounted in various 'chapters' with a linking story revolving around a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, played by Ralph Richardson, his wife and his family. thumb|275px|left|A RAF Vickers Wellington bomber sets off on an attack on the Kiel shipyards in Germany, a pivotal event in the film The film opens with a newsreel-style documentary comparing life in Britain to life in Nazi Germany, narrated by E.V.H. Emmett in the upbeat and patriotic narrative style common to such newsreels in Britain.

Genres

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