Watch Countdown to War (1989) Official Trailer
6.7 / 10 IMDb April 7, 1989 1h 18m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 18m
Release Date
April 7, 1989
Genre
Drama, History, War, TV Movie
Status
Released
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Ian McKellen
as Adolf Hitler
Michael Aldridge
as Neville Chamberlain
Tony Britton
as Sir Nevile Henderson
John Woodvine
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
Peter Vaughan
as Hermann Goering
Michael Culver
as Halifax
Anthony Bate
as Simon
Lee Montague
as Hore-Belisha
Jonathan Coy
as Butler
Ronnie Stevens
as Phipps
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Jack Galloway
as MacDonald
Richard Heffer
as Wallace
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John Elmes
as Colvin
Bernard Gallagher
as Greenwood
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David Swift
as Daladier
Robert Ashby
as Bonnet
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Bernard Brown
as Corbin
Alex Norton
as Stalin
Michael Cronin
as Molotov
James Laurenson
as Ciano
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