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Neil C's avatar

I'd say it's definitely achieved cult status; my wife recently mentioned Thora Hird with a machine gun in reference to something else. The Secret Village by Humphrey Jennings is another Nazis in Britain film made during the war, transposing the Lidice massacre to Wales. Cavalcanti and Jennings worked together at thr GPO Film Unit.

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Nick Clack's avatar

I find the scene of the Postmistress killing her guard really shocking, even now. I think it still holds up very well overall. And it appears to have heavily influenced/inspired The Eagle has Landed. Bramley End may be a nostalgic romanticised glimpse of a bygone England, but there’s pure evil there!

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