Tell England (film)
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Tell England is a 1931 British drama film
directed by Anthony Asquith
and starring Fay Compton
, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord. It is based on the novel Tell England
by Ernest Raymond
which featured two young men joining the army, and taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli
. The director's father Herbert Asquith had been Prime Minister at the time of the Gallipoli Landings, a fact which drew press attention to the film.
It was filmed largely on location in Malta
. In the United States it was released as The Battle of Gallipoli
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Anthony Asquith
Anthony Asquith
Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...
and starring Fay Compton
Fay Compton
Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...
, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord. It is based on the novel Tell England
Tell England
Tell England: A Study in a Generation is a novel written by Ernest Raymond and published in February 1922 in the UK about the First World War and the young men sent to fight in it. A film adaptation was released in 1931 under the title "Tell England"...
by Ernest Raymond
Ernest Raymond
Ernest Raymond was a British novelist, best known for his 1922 book, Tell England, set in World War I. His next biggest success was We, The Accused which was made into a BBC drama starring Ian Holm in 1980. He wrote over fifty novels. Raymond's post-war autobiography, Please You, Draw Near, was...
which featured two young men joining the army, and taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli
Gallipoli
The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace , the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. Gallipoli derives its name from the Greek "Καλλίπολις" , meaning "Beautiful City"...
. The director's father Herbert Asquith had been Prime Minister at the time of the Gallipoli Landings, a fact which drew press attention to the film.
It was filmed largely on location in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. In the United States it was released as The Battle of Gallipoli