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Countdown to War (1989)
TV Movie | 78 min | Drama, History, War

Countdown to War (1989)

TV Movie | 78 min | Drama, History, War

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U.S.S.R. from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

Director

Patrick Lau

Writer

Ronald Harwood (play)

Producer

Norma Percy

Composer

Richard Harvey

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37 cast members

Name	Known for
Ian McKellen Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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John Woodvine Joachim Von Ribbentrop Joachim Von Ribbentrop See fewer	An American Werewolf in London (1981)
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