THE FALKLANDS PLAY
synopsis
More than 20 years ago, in April 1982, Britain went to war with Argentina to regain the Falkland Islands. The Thatcher government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since Suez. Argentina, then a British ally, invaded the Falklands, which was sovereign British territory since 1833, to divert attention from its troubled economy, unemployment and increasing popular unrest.
international title: | The Falklands Play |
original title: | The Falklands Play |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | BBC Worldwide |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michael Samuels |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Ian Curteis |
cast: | Patricia Hodge, James Fox, John Standing, Michael Cochrane |
cinematography by: | Rory Taylor |
film editing: | Martin Sharpe |
art director: | Melanie Allen |
costumes designer: | Jayne Gregory |
producer: | Jeremy Howe |
production: | BBC Films |