/teFf3Vc1ceJHrvpHx0kMYLx294F.jpg

The Lion Has Wings (1939)

Genre : Documentary, War

Runtime : 1H 16M

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

Synopsis

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.

Actors

Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Mrs. Richardson
Ralph Richardson
Ralph Richardson
Wing Commander Richardson
June Duprez
June Duprez
June
Flora Robson
Flora Robson
Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas
Briefing Officer
Anthony Bushell
Anthony Bushell
Pilot
Brian Worth
Brian Worth
Bobby
Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor
Schulemberg - German Air Chief of Staff
Ivan Brandt
Ivan Brandt
Air Officer
G.H. Mulcaster
G.H. Mulcaster
Controller
Herbert Lomas
Herbert Lomas
Holveg
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer
Head of Observer Corps
Ronald Adam
Ronald Adam
German Bomber Chief
Robert Rendel
Robert Rendel
British Chief of Air Staff
John Longden
John Longden
Unnamed Character
Archibald Batty
Archibald Batty
Air Officer
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Air Officer
Charles Carson
Charles Carson
Anti-aircraft Officer
John Penrose
John Penrose
Unnamed Character
Frank Tickle
Frank Tickle
Unnamed Character
John Robinson
John Robinson
Unnamed Character
Derrick De Marney
Derrick De Marney
Bill - Navigator
Carl Jaffe
Carl Jaffe
Unnamed Character
Gerald Case
Gerald Case
Unnamed Character
Torin Thatcher
Torin Thatcher
Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
Civilian Observer Controller
E. V. H. Emmett
E. V. H. Emmett
Commentator

Crews

Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel
Director
Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst
Director
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Director
Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel
Writer
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple
Story
E. V. H. Emmett
E. V. H. Emmett
Writer
Harry Stradling Sr.
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Alexander Korda
Alexander Korda
Director
Alexander Korda
Alexander Korda
Producer
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple
Associate Producer
Henry Cornelius
Henry Cornelius
Editor
Charles Frend
Charles Frend
Editor
Hugh Stewart
Hugh Stewart
Editor
Derek N. Twist
Derek N. Twist
Editor
Vincent Korda
Vincent Korda
Supervising Art Director
Bernard Browne
Bernard Browne
Camera Operator
Osmond Borradaile
Osmond Borradaile
Camera Operator
Richard Addinsell
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer

Posters and backgrounds

/teFf3Vc1ceJHrvpHx0kMYLx294F.jpg
/guPhRJdo22N3sNROzlP3TI7Rr10.jpg

Similar

The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
The Aviator
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
Sully
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
I.T.
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.
The Great Hack
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
Fly Away Home
Amy is only 13-years-old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South….
Lions for Lambs
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
The White Ribbon
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
This Gun for Hire
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Airport 1975
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
The Tuskegee Airmen
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
My Führer
Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish acting teacher Grünbaum and his family from the camps in order to train the leader in rhetoric. Grünbaum is torn, but starts Hitler in his therapy ...
Land Without Bread
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
I Am Cuba
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
49th Parallel
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
Heaven Will Wait
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually recruited by Daesh. Sonia is 17 years old, and she almost did something irrevocable to “guarantee” her family a place in paradise. These teenage girls might be called Anaïs, Manon or Leila, and one day they all might go some way down the recruitment process. But can they ever come back from it?