An English aristocrat-cum-film actress stumbles upon high state secrets just prior to WWII in “Glorious 39,” a costume would-be suspenser just as solemnly silly as that nutshell plot summary sounds.

“Glorious 39” is the bigscreen comeback of Stephen Poliakoff, regarded as one of the finest British TV dramatists of his generation. It’s his first movie as a writer and director since “Food of Love” ...

Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, 2009 British thriller Glorious 39 was one of Tennant's earliest movie roles, following the likes of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Bright Young ...

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - "Glorious 39" sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged ...

"Glorious 39" sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged class pushing back against threats ...

Set in the weeks before Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, writer-director Stephen Poliakoff's return to cinema, Glorious 39, had its UK premiere last night at the BFI London Film Festival. DS ...

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