Directed by:
Leslie HowardCinematography:
Georges PérinalComposer:
William WaltonCast:
Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, Anne Firth, Derrick De Marney, Bernard Miles, Fritz Wendhausen, Patricia Medina (more)VOD (1)
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Alarmed by growing German militarism in the 1930s, a British aircraft designer creates a revolutionary fighter plane — but his work comes at a cost. (Netflix)
Cast
![Leslie Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272981_371e6f.jpg)
Leslie Howard
UK
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
![David Niven](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381895_5cdfb0.png)
David Niven
UK
Best movies:
Murder by Death (1976)
The Brain (1969)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
![Rosamund John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741853_1b8110.jpg)
Rosamund John
UK
Best movies:
Spitfire (1942)
Green for Danger (1947)
![Roland Culver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272336_8621b8.jpg)
Roland Culver
UK
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Thunderball (1965)
The Adventures of Colonel Blimp (1943)
![Anne Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/852/160852692_b10a0c.jpg)
Anne Firth
UK
Best movies:
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Spitfire (1942)
![Derrick De Marney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307320_1ac84b.jpg)
Derrick De Marney
UK
Best movies:
Young and Innocent (1937)
Spitfire (1942)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
![Bernard Miles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312374_725763.jpg)
Bernard Miles
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
Big Time Operators (1957)
Moby Dick (1956)
Fritz Wendhausen
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
Spitfire (1942)
![Patricia Medina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507465_8a440b.jpg)
Patricia Medina
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Spitfire (1942)
![Joseph Goebbels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274610_d77379.jpg)
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
![Hermann Göring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274613_1c66e7.jpg)
Hermann Göring (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Battle Inferno (1959) - a.f.
Spitfire (1942) - a.f.
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Miles Malleson
UK
Best movies:
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The 39 Steps (1935)
![Victor Beaumont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383204_8af1d4.jpg)
Victor Beaumont
German Empire
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Peter Gawthorne
Ireland
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Spitfire (1942)
Cyril Raymond
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Spitfire (1942)
David Horne
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Brefni O'Rorke
Ireland
Best movies:
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
Spitfire (1942)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
John Chandos
UK
Best movies:
Man with a Million (1954)
Spitfire (1942)
The Invaders (1941)