Overlord (1975 film)

Overlord
Directed byStuart Cooper
Written byStuart Cooper
Christopher Hudson
Produced byJames Quinn
StarringBrian Stirner
Davyd Harries
CinematographyJohn Alcott
Edited byJonathan Gili
Music byPaul Glass
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
84 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£89,951[2]
Box office£41,007[2]

Overlord is a 1975 black-and-white British war film written and directed by Stuart Cooper. Set during the Second World War, around the D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord), the film is about a young British soldier's experiences and his meditations on being part of the war machinery, including his premonitions of death. The film won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] “Overlord is not about military heroics; on the contrary, it is about the bleakness of sacrifice”, Cooper said.[4]

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  2. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 357. Income is distributor's receipts, combined domestic and international, as at 31 Dec 1978.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
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