The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play

🎞️ Movie 90 min GB
โ˜… 7.3 /10 2002

Twenty years ago, Britain went to war to regain the Falkland Islands. The Falklands Play is a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher's government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since Suez. It tells the story of how Argentina - an ally of the British - fought the Conservative government and invaded sovereign British territory. This play charts the backroom manoeuvrings between Thatcher's government and the military, between the British and the Americans, and the Americans and the Argentineans that led to a breakdown in diplomacy, to war and to Britain's eventual victory.

Cast

Patricia Hodge
Patricia Hodge
Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP (Prime Minister)
James Fox
James Fox
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
John Standing
John Standing
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
Michael Cochrane
Michael Cochrane
Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
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Jeremy Child
Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Lord President of the Council
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Jeremy Child
Foreign Secretary)
Rupert Vansittart
Rupert Vansittart
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
Jonathan Coy
Jonathan Coy
Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
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Clive Merrison
Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
Peter Blythe
Peter Blythe
Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)
Jeremy Clyde
Jeremy Clyde
Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)
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Mark Isaac
Cinematographer
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Chris Pearce
Cinematographer
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Steve Rees
Cinematographer
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Kevin Rudge
Cinematographer