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Glorious 39

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Glorious 39

Glorious 39 is a tense psychological thriller, from acclaimed director Stephen Poliakoff, about a young woman who uncovers dark secrets about Britain's relationship with Nazi Germany in the lead up to the Second World War.

In present day London a young man explores his family history, asking searching questions of his elderly cousins (Christopher Lee and Corin Redgrave). But as he asks more and more about a woman called Anne - are his motives as simple as they seem?

In the gorgeous summer of 1939, Anne (Romola Garai) seems to live a gilded life - a budding young actress, she's the adopted daughter of Tory grandee Alexander (Bill Nighy) and head-over-heels in love with Foreign Office official Lawrence (Charlie Cox). She discovers some innocent-seeming recordings of meetings - but as she begins to understand quite what her discoveries mean, a tangled web of dark secrets begins to unfurl. People who have come into contact with the recordings are threatened and even die. The innocent certainties on which her life has been based dramatically unravel and amidst a growing sense of menace and betrayal, she has to confront the bitter choice she will be forced to make.

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BBC Films, UK Film Council, Screen East Content Investment Fund and Quickfire Films in association with Momentum Pictures present a Talkback Thames production in association with Magic Light Pictures a Stephen Poliakoff film.

Starring
Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, Eddie Redmayne, Juno Temple, Hugh Bonneville, David Tennant, and Jeremy Northam, with Christopher Lee
Written and Directed by
Stephen Poliakoff
Producers
Barney Reisz, Martin Pope
Executive Producers
Sara Geater, Lorraine Heggessey, Jane Wright, James Atherton, Andy Ordonez, Sheryl Crown, Laurie Hayward
Sales Agent
The Works International
UK Release Date
20th November 2009
Website
www.glorious39-movie.com
                                                                                                      

Glorious 39 opens at the Odeon West End on November 20th, when the screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Stephen Poliakoff and the cast. The film opens nationwide on November 27th.

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