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The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
Charles Dance
- Narrator
- (voice)
Leslie Howard
- RJ. Mitchell
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGeoffrey Wellum passed away three days after the release of this film. Mary Ellis passed away six days later.
- GoofsThe Air Transport Auxiliary is portrayed as having only women pilots, in a similar way to the US WASPs. However, ATA aircrew was 90% male.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Spitfire: Recording the Soundtrack (2018)
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Grace and Gallantry
As with so many of my generation who spent their boyhood up in bedrooms ,fingers covered in 'airfix glue and paint',my love affair of the 'Spitfire 'has stayed with me and grown,inexplicably intertwined with family,from lost uncles as pilots in WW2 themselves to parents and grandparents . The movie starts with a comment early on from a present day fighter pilot, that " the Spitfire is the most beautiful machine ever built by man " who could argue ?, Eloquently narrated by Charles Dance conjuring up the essence of a quintessential United Kingdom now sadly lost ,you are taken on a journey from engineering genius to impossible bravery ,with commentary from the last of the "few"who share a lifetime of feelings so many years later.In the last scene ,but so as not to spoil it, a very well known WW2 lady is reunited with a plane she delivered back in 1944 and you realise that the Spitfire is about people, thats why we love them,PS ,hold on to your heart strings during the closing flight scene ,accompanied with beautifully scored music. A dvd i will treasure.George Wheelwright.
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Box office
- Budget
- £800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $722,623
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
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