Went the Day Well? (1942)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

i must have seen a different film!!

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

The acting in this movie is really good.

What if the Nazi's Executed a Surprise Land Invasion and what would happen in a Small Sleepy Village? What would be the Result and Impact on the Unprepared Citizens, especially Women and Children.It was a Nightmare Scenario put forth in this Wartime Thriller and the Film Pulls Few Punches in its Portrayal of the Events that were Not Far from the Minds and Concerns of the British Population.The Bleak and Brutal Occupation from the Germans sets in Motion an All Out and Rousing Retaliation from the "Good Folks" of the Village on the "Evil Invaders" and with Not a Second Thought the Civilians Take Up Arms against the "Godless" Foe. Utilizing Everything from Captured Machine Guns to Garden Tools.Women and Children Battle on the Front Lines and are Injured and Killed in the "Line of Duty". Using Their Wits and Determination, it's a Fight to the Finish and what Ensues On Screen was Not for the Faint of Heart in 1942 or any Year for that Matter. The Violence Shown in this Low-Budget Propaganda Piece is Visceral and there are Scenes of Up Close Carnage Never Before Seen in British Cinema.There is a Final Battle Siege that is a Wow with Adrenalin Inducing Action, Music/Sound, and Mayhem. Overall it is an Extremely Effective Evocation of Patriotism and Pride and as a Movie it can Stand Up to most War Films of its Era.

This is a cracking propaganda piece. And very graphic for a British film of the forties. "The Eagle Has Landed" stole much of it's basic plot. The middle class RADA accents may grind today but it made it's point perfectly. The paradox of the idyllic English country hamlet with the gravity of a Nazi invasion. The film doesn't reduce the dialogue to the usual "Vee have ways of making you talk" level and the violence is strong. Women in Brit movies of the forties were normally either maids or masters and knew their place but here they are plucky,brave and headstrong. "Mrs Miniver" this ain't. Brilliantly directed, especially the action scenes. The acting is first class. A superb contribution.

The perfect state of emergency film, made during the war to prepare for the worst, with marvellous photography and eloquent staging - the suggestive scenes from inside the church lift the film to almost a Powell-Pressburger level. However, the story is absurd, this never happened and never could happen, and the so called Germans are pathetically unconvincing, even David Farrar and Leslie Banks. The story is Graham Greene's, and it almost touches Orwellian science fiction in its lack of credibility, no matter how realistically and well done it has been made. The women and children are the best actors, and the film is mainly worth seeing for their sake. Nevertheless, in spite of its absurdity, it's a remarkable film, and some scenes are unforgettable. The psychology of the drama of an emergency situation is very neatly realized, as first the overwhelming shock of the conquering attack, then the first resistance awakens to start with some poor tragically failed efforts, to eventually make a breakthrough and triumph. It's the whole story of the second world war in the nutshell of a small village in Britain.

A latterly controversial propaganda piece that even today represents a powerful, if transparently manipulative slice of British wartime filmmaking.Taken from a story by Graham Greene, the premise sees a chocolate box English country village, packed to the brim with staunch salt of the earth types from various strata of the class system, which plays host to a troop of Nazi invaders disguised as regular Tommies. The locals soon rumble the dastardly plan and gradually, as the bulldog spirit inevitably blooms and swells, turn the tables on their oppressors and merrily chop, shoot, stab, strangle, punch and grenade the evil Hun interlopers into submission – well, death really.The villagers – from the lady of the manor to the lowly poacher and the local postmistress – are hewn from ye olde stout oak of English courage and fortitude, every man jack of 'em. The Nazi troops are evil, barbaric, baby-bayoneting, child-murdering dictators through and through. They have no redeeming features whatsoever. They are uniformly inhuman.Many of the villagers get blown away – main characters die indiscriminately – but they all cop it doing their duty and performing deeds of selfless heroism or flag-waving moral defiance. The Germans buy it because they deserve to, and that's reason enough here.The controversy heaped on the film in later times stems from it being so amazingly subversive in its approach along with the gleeful degree of sadistic violence suggested on screen. In one scene the local postmistress throws pepper in the eyes of a Nazi trooper and then whacks him into the next world with an axe. She is subsequently brutally transfixed with a bayonet when another Nazi walks in on the scene. Earlier the local vicar is shot point blank in the church by a Nazi officer – no concept of sanctuary or God, you see? There's more, much more, but it's best to see and enjoy (or not) for yourself.I love this film on two levels. Firstly, as a remarkable historical artifact depicting a fantasy England that never was and never will be. It smartly dupes you into wanting to believe that this is just the way it was and truly should have been. You end up thinking maybe it was a lot like this back then. Even though you know full well it wasn't. Secondly, it's a bloody good crack. It demonises and dehumanises the enemy of old and is more black and white than hot tar on a freshly laundered bed sheet. There is plenty of action and slaughter, and even though it's tame by modern standards due to a lack of explicit visuals, what it suggests by leaving sight unseen is a force to be reckoned with. There is no doubt who to root for. On the one hand a group of righteous, good, humane, patriotic and caring folk (us). On the other, a bunch of irredeemably evil bastards out to butcher you and your kids (them). Clear enough.Racist, bigoted, xenophobic, prejudiced and wholly simplistic. But in the context of the times, perhaps not without some justification. And possibly one of the best British war films ever made. Seek it out.