Savior of the nation

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Movie
German title Savior of the nation
Original title Carry On England
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1976
length 84 minutes
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Director Gerald Thomas
script David Pursall ,
Jack Seddon
production Peter Rogers
music Eric Rogers
camera Ernest Steward
cut Richard Marden
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The totally crazy mummy fright

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That's Carry On!

Savior of the Nation is the 28th film in the Carry-on… film series .

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It is 1940 and the Battle of Britain is in full swing. Captain S. Melly is one of the old school. But now he should lead a mixed command: men and women! In addition, they are more concerned with themselves than with the fight against the German planes. Then he wants to end this mixed experiment. This, however, calls for the resistance of his subordinates.

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In terms of content, the film ties in with the first film in the series, Head Up, Chest Out , and is considered an unofficial remake, but can no longer build on the success of the other films in the series. Although conceived as a comedy , it was not funny. Screenplay , equipment and actors were unconvincing, especially in this film only could be seen a few of the known strain performer.

If the nudity of the female actors was used in previous films as a kind of attractant that was offered in addition to the film, the barely existing plot was only there to give the embarrassing nude scenes an alleged meaning. Actress Carol Hawkins even turned down the role she was offered because of the exaggerated nude scenes.

The concept didn't work and the film completely flopped at the box office. Some of the film was taken out of the cinemas after just three days. Fans consider the film to be the worst of all 30 carry-on… films.

The film was based on the television series Carry On Laughing! whose content was expanded for the film. But what apparently worked on a smaller scale on television was unsuitable for the screen. The new screenwriters David Pursall and Jack Seddon do not even succeed in creating names that were so successful in the past , as Captain S. Melly or female surnames such as Willing and Able prove.

Julian Holloway made his eighth and final appearance in the series in this film. The role of Brigadier originally intended for Kenneth Williams was taken over by Peter Jones because Williams was unable to attend. The role of Private Ffoukes Sharpe was originally supposed to be played by Penelope Keith , but in the end, Carry-on ... regular player Joan Sims played this character.

Reviews

  • “Poor clothes from the“ Carry On ”series with particularly absurd gags and punchlines.” - Lexicon of international films (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997

media

DVD release

  • Savior of the nation. From the is-yes-crazy team. MMP / AmCo 2006

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