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The Night Watch

The Night Watch

Love and liberation in wartime

20115.81h 30m

Overview

Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.

Directed by Richard Laxton
Written by Sarah Waters, Paula Milne, Janet Tyler
Produced by Ann Tricklebank
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Top Cast

Anna Maxwell Martin

Anna Maxwell Martin

Kay Langrish

Claire Foy

Claire Foy

Helen Giniver

Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker

Vivian Pearce

Anna Wilson-Jones

Anna Wilson-Jones

Julia Standing

Harry Treadaway

Harry Treadaway

Duncan Pearce

JJ Feild

JJ Feild

Robert Fraser

Liam Garrigan

Liam Garrigan

Reggie Nigri

Claudie Blakley

Claudie Blakley

Nancy Carmichael

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Horace Mundy

J

Jenna Augen

Iris Knight

Themes & Keywords

london, englandprisonerbased on novel or bookambulancenarrationlesbian relationshipextramarital affairnonlinear timelinelgbtpost world war iiunwanted pregnancylondon blitz1940sgay theme

About The Night Watch

The Night Watch is a drama, war, tv movie film released in 2011 exploring themes of london, england, prisoner, based on novel or book, ambulance, narration, lesbian relationship. Directed by Richard Laxton, it stars Anna Maxwell Martin, Claire Foy, Jodie Whittaker. Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.

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