Tell England (film)

Tell England
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Geoffrey Barkas
Produced by H. Bruce Woolfe
Written by Ernest Raymond (novel)
A.P. Herbert
Anthony Asquith
Starring Fay Compton
Tony Bruce
Carl Harbord
Dennis Hoey
Music by Hubert Bath
Cinematography Jack Parker
Stanley Rodwell
James E. Rogers
Edited by Mary Field
Production
company
British Instructional Films
Distributed by Wardour Films
Release dates
2 March 1931
Running time
80 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Tell England is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Fay Compton, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord.[1] 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.[2] Both directors had close memories of Gallipoli, as did Fay Compton's brother, Compton Mackenzie. Asquith's father H. H. Asquith had been Prime Minister at the time of the Gallipoli Landings, a fact which drew press attention to the film, while Barkas had personally fought at Suvla Bay in the Gallipoli campaign.

In the United States it was released under the alternative title The Battle of Gallipoli.

Production

The film had originally been intended to be made as a silent film, but was delayed. It was made at Welwyn Studios using the German Klangfilm process. Much of the film was shot on location in Malta, standing in for Gallipoli.

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