Film

Fires Were Started

6.119431h 10m14Drama War

Age rating: 14
Director: Humphrey Jennings
Year: 1943

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.

Top cast

Phillip Wilson-Dickson

Walters (uncredited)

George Gravett

Dykes (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Johnny Daniels (uncredited)

Johnny Houghton

S.H. Jackson (uncredited)

Loris Rey

J. Rumbold (uncredited)

William Sansom

Fireman Playing the Piano (uncredited)

T.P. Smith

John Barker

Directed by

Humphrey Jennings

Written by

Humphrey Jennings

Produced by

Ian Dalrymple