Fires Were Started
Fires Were Started | |
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Directed by | Humphrey Jennings |
Produced by | Ian Dalrymple |
Written by | Humphrey Jennings |
Starring | George Gravett Phillip Wilson-Dickson Fred Griffiths Loris Rey Johnny Houghton T.P. Smith John Barker |
Music by | William Alwyn |
Cinematography | C.M. Pennington-Richards |
Edited by | Stewart McAllister |
Distributed by | Crown Film Unit |
Release dates
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12 April 1943 (UK) |
Running time
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65 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Fires Were Started is a 1943 British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style, showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz during the Second World War. The film uses actual firemen (including Cyril Demarne) rather than professional actors.
Production
Exterior shots were filmed on location, while the interior scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios. Jennings's first cut of the film - titled I Was a Fireman ran to 74 minutes, which was cut down to 65 minutes and released as Fires Were Started.
Critical reception
Film critics mostly praised the film for its realism and documentary value, despite its reconstructions. Dilys Powell, of the Sunday Times declared its authenticity to be 'moving and terrifying'.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Winston, Fires Were Started, p. 66.
Bibliography
- Winston, Brian, Fires Were Started (London, 1999)
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Fires Were Started at IMDb
- Fires Were Started at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
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- English-language films
- 1943 films
- 1940s documentary films
- British films
- British documentary films
- British World War II propaganda films
- Black-and-white films
- Battle of Britain films
- Firefighting films
- Docufiction films
- Crown Film Unit films
- Films directed by Humphrey Jennings
- Historical documentary film stubs
- 1940s British film stubs