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Six Minutes to Midnight

Six Minutes to Midnight

Thriller · Drama · History · 2020

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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Six Minutes to Midnight

“Britain 1939. Hitler's grip is tightening. No-one can be trusted.”

2020 Thriller · Drama · History 1h 39m

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6.2 / 10

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Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Andy Goddard

Written by

Andy Goddard · Suzy Eddie Izzard · Celyn Jones

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Thomas Miller

Carla Juri

Carla Juri

Ilse Keller

James D'Arcy

James D'Arcy

Captain Drey

Celyn Jones

Celyn Jones

Corporal Willis

David Schofield

David Schofield

Colonel Smith

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Charlie

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Miss Rocholl

Court is in session

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.