Six Minutes to Midnight is a 2020 British war drama film directed by Andy Goddard from a screenplay loosely based on a true story [2] by Goddard, Celyn Jones and Eddie Izzard, starring Izzard, Judi Dench, Carla Juri, James D'Arcy and Jim Broadbent.

Six Minutes to Midnight: Directed by Andy Goddard. With Nigel Lindsay, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent. UK, Aug. 15, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear from a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller gets the job six days later, secretly trying to find out what happened.

Feb 17, 2021 · PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer for IFC Films' World War II thriller, which is set in 1939 and sees instructor Thomas Miller (Izzard, 59) take on "a last-minute and...

Mar 25, 2021 · The war drama film is an intense story that deals with themes of peace and patriotism, with critics praising the particularly moving performances from Izzard and Judi Dench. The many political and cultural references to the late 1930s era will surely have audiences wondering whether the film is based on real-life incidents.

A wealthy widow, Mrs. Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and comes up with the brilliant idea to turn it in a performance hall with the non-stop shows featuring nude girls during World War II.

Feb 18, 2021 · PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer for IFC Films' World War II thriller, which is set in 1939 and sees instructor Thomas Miller (Izzard, 59) take on "a last-minute and...

Mar 22, 2021 · Eddie Izzard plays a teacher at an English coastal finishing school for German girls during the build-up to World War II in this historical spy thriller, with Judi Dench as the doting...

Mar 26, 2021 · Eddie Izzard appears in "Six Minutes to Midnight". It comes as a shock seeing Dame Judi Dench thrust her right arm outward and shout “Sieg Heil” in this fact-based, nerve-jangler taking place during the lead-up to World War II in the summer of 1939 as Hitler gathered his armies to invade Poland.

Mar 25, 2021 · Eddie Izzard plays a spy who infiltrates a Nazi boarding school in England ruled over by Judi Dench in “Six Minutes to Midnight.” ©IFC Films/Courtesy Everett Col

Apr 17, 2021 · British filmmakers are keen archaeologists fond of exhuming little-known stories from World War II and post-war history and making a few cosmetic adjustments before dressing them up as thrillers.