---
title: 'Battle of Britain (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Guy Hamilton'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/battle-of-britain-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064072/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Battle of Britain (1969)

1969 · G · 126 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Battle of Britain is a 1969 British war film documenting the events of the Battle of Britain, the war for aerial supremacy between the German Luftwaffe and the defending Royal Air Force waged over British skies during summer of 1940. The nature of the subject drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Trevor Howard as Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, and Patrick Wymark as Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Directed by Guy Hamilton and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz, it also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, and Robert Shaw as Squadron Leaders. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Guy Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-hamilton)
- **Screenplay:** [James Kennaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-kennaway)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ron Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-goodwin)
- **Producer:** [Harry Saltzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-saltzman)
- **Editor:** [Bert Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-bates)

## Cast

- [Hein Riess](https://cinepixo.com/people/hein-riess) as Hermann Göring
- [Wilfried von Aacken](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfried-von-aacken) as Theo Osterkamp
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier) as Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave) as Douglas Evill
- [Robert Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaw) as Adolph Malan
- [Malte Petzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/malte-petzel) as Joseph Schmid
- [Peter Hager](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hager) as Albert Kesselring
- [Curd Jürgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/curd-jurgens) as Joachim von Ribbentrop
- [Bill Foxley](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-foxley) as Squadron Leader Evans
- [Alexander Allerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-allerson) as Major Brandt
- [Patrick Wymark](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-wymark) as Trafford Leigh-Mallory
- [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine) as Squadron Leader Canfield
- [John Baskcomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-baskcomb) as Farmer
- [Kenneth More](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-more) as Group Captain Barker
- [Trevor Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-howard) as Keith Park

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/battle-of-britain-1969
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