Glorious 39 (12A)

20 November 2009

ACCLAIMED director Stephen Poliakoff, who brought us the tremendous TV dramas Shooting the Past, The Lost Prince and Perfect Strangers, turns his talent to the big screen with GLORIOUS 39 (12A), a tense psychological thriller about a young woman who uncovers dark secrets about Britain's relationship with Nazi Germany in the lead-up to World War Two.

In present day London a young man explores his family history, asking searching questions of his elderly cousins. But as he asks more and more about a woman called Anne - are his motives as simple as they seem?

In summer 1939, Anne discovers some innocent-seeming recordings of meetings - but a tangled web of dark secrets begins to unfurl.

A star-studded cast includes Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, David Tennant, Jeremy Northam, Christopher Lee, Corin Redgrave and Julie Christie.