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Days of Hope (1975)
Directed by Ken Loach
Overview
Four feature-length period dramas follow three young members of a Yorkshire farming family from the First World War to the General Strike of 1926: Ben, who volunteers for the army; his sister, Sarah and her husband, Phillip, a Christian Socialist and conscientious objector. As both men become scarred by their wartime experiences, Ben joins the Durham miners in a bitter struggle, while Phillip becomes a Labour MP. As the General Strike looms, the family find themselves at the heart of a pivotal moment in British politics.
Length 395 minutes
Actors
James Marcus | Alun Armstrong | Richard Marner | Stephen Rea | John Phillips | Derek Farr | Edward Underdown | Patrick Barr | Paul Copley | Jeremy Child | Emrys James | Bernard Atha | Olga Grahame | Clifford Kershaw | Duggie Brown | Fred Feast | Peter Armitage | Nikolas Simmonds | Christine Anderson | Peter Kerrigan | Pamela Brighton | Gary Roberts | Bert King | George Tovey | Neil Seiler | Melvin Thomas | Hughie Turner | Sarah Paget | Ned Cohen | Jean Spence | Dai Davies | Norman Tyrrell | Alan Judd | Brian Harrison