Overlord

The Resource Overlord
Label
Overlord
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films ; The Imperial War Museum presents ; produced by James Quinn ; a film by Stuart Cooper ; original screenplay by Christopher Hudson & Stuart Cooper ; directed by Stuart Cooper ; a Joswend Limited Production
Title variation
Overlord
Title variation remainder
D-Day, June 6, 1944
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Drafted into the British army, young Tom Beddows leaves his parents and his beloved cocker spaniel and reports for military duty, arriving late because of a German air raid. In training camp, he makes friends with Jack and Arthur. They all wish the war would go away, so they could return to their parents and girlfriends. Finally ordered into combat, a sense of impending doom prompts Tom to write a consoling letter to be delivered to his parents instead of the official military notice. Stoic and fatalistic, he will be among the first troops to land in Normandy at the launch of Operation Overlord, the Allied offensive to push the Nazis out of France
Member of
Awards note
Winner, 1975 Silver Berlin Bear Special Jury Prize: Stuart Cooper; Interfilm Award-Otto Dibelius Film Award: Stuart Cooper, at the Berlin International Film Festival
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Photographed by John Alcott ; edited by Jonathan Gili ; music composed by Paul Glass
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
PerformerNote
Brian Stirner (Tom), Davyd Harries (Jack), Nicholas Ball (Arthur), Julie Neesam (the Girl), Sam Sewell (the Trained Soldier), John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner
Runtime
84
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
382 Waltzing Clouds, Inc
Technique
live action
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