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Countdown to War

Countdown to War

Patrick Lau

1989

  • Drama
  • History
  • War
  • TV Movie
6.8

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 & crew

  • Patrick LauDirector
  • Ian McKellenAdolf Hitler
  • Michael AldridgeNeville Chamberlain
  • Tony BrittonSir Nevile Henderson
  • John WoodvineJoachim von Ribbentrop
  • Peter VaughanHermann Goering
  • Michael CulverHalifax
  • Anthony BateSimon
  • Lee MontagueHore-Belisha

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