The Lion Has Wings (1939)

19391h 13mdir. Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst, Adrian BrunelUnited Kingdompropaganda film

With Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Anthony Bushell, Austin Trevor, Flora Robson, Robert Douglas, Ronald Adam, Torin Thatcher

Directed by Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst, Adrian Brunel

The Lion Has Wings is a 1939 British, black-and-white, documentary-style, propaganda war film that was directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda and Michael Powell. The film was produced by London Film Productions and Alexander Korda Film Productions and 'was preparing the nation [for war] and shining a light on the power of the RAF'.

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