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I found a couple of mentions on here, but no link to a full version of the film - apologies in advance if there has been. A cleaned up version is being released next week by the British Film Institute, hence I am bringing it up again.
It Happened Here imagines the UK being invaded by Germany after the retreat from Dunkirk.
After months of fierce resistance and brutal reprisals, the occupying Nazi forces manage to restore some kind of order, largely suppressing the resistance movement. However, due to demands from the Ural Mountains front, most German troops are eventually removed from Western Europe, and the garrisoning of Britain is largely carried out by local volunteers to the German army and the SS.
The plot follows the experiences of an Irish nurse working in England, who encounters people who believe collaboration with the invaders is for the best whilst others are involved in the resistance movement against the occupiers and their local collaborators.
More on the making of it here.
Despite being filmed in 1964/5 the unpolished nature of the production gives the drama a realistic, visceral feeling and an idea of the challenges faced by ordinary people in the face of an invasion.
There's a few sites claiming to be have the full film which I have found are incomplete, but the link below seems to shows the full 97mins.
It Happened Here imagines the UK being invaded by Germany after the retreat from Dunkirk.
After months of fierce resistance and brutal reprisals, the occupying Nazi forces manage to restore some kind of order, largely suppressing the resistance movement. However, due to demands from the Ural Mountains front, most German troops are eventually removed from Western Europe, and the garrisoning of Britain is largely carried out by local volunteers to the German army and the SS.
The plot follows the experiences of an Irish nurse working in England, who encounters people who believe collaboration with the invaders is for the best whilst others are involved in the resistance movement against the occupiers and their local collaborators.
More on the making of it here.
Despite being filmed in 1964/5 the unpolished nature of the production gives the drama a realistic, visceral feeling and an idea of the challenges faced by ordinary people in the face of an invasion.
There's a few sites claiming to be have the full film which I have found are incomplete, but the link below seems to shows the full 97mins.
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