

Hope and Glory
The epic story of a world at war. And a boy at play.
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
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- Status
- Released
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- Language
- English
- london, england
- wartime
- based on true story
- coming of age
- semi autobiographical
- home front
- 1940s
- bomb shelter
- flyover bomb
- children in wartime
- family story
- war backdrop
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-131 Nov 1987
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical153 Sept 1987
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM17 Sept 1987
CanadaCA
- PremiereMontréal World Film Festival21 Aug 1987
BrazilBR
- PhysicalLCapa DVD1 Jan 2000
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Oct 1994
FranceFR
- TheatricalU25 Nov 1987
- PhysicalDVD5 Oct 2005
- Digital / OTTVOD7 May 2018
- Digital / OTTPrime Video1 May 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical127 Oct 1987
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1520 Nov 1987
JapanJP
- TheatricalG2 Oct 1987
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Hope and Glory was released on 3 September 1987.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/30/2024
This film contains one of the funniest wartime scenes I think I've ever seen... The fish! Anyway, it all centres around the young "Bill" (Sebastian Rice-Edwards) who finds himself - along with mother "Grace" (Sarah Miles) and elder sister "Susie" (Geraldine Muir) caught up in London at the start of WWII. His father (David Hayman) is soon away fighting and his mother refuses to be parted from her children so they stay…
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