movie poster for HOPE AND GLORY

Flicks ID

2025

Cert

15

Running time

108 mins

Country

Format

DVD

HOPE AND GLORY (1987)

JOHN BOORMAN

Plot

John Boorman's semi-autobiographical story of London during the Blitz, as seen by the nine-year-old son of an ordinary suburban family. Air raid shelters, shrapnel, and GIs "stealing our women"; a clever blend of tragedy and irony make this a superb film, head and shoulders above average.