Fires Were Started
1943•14•1h 10m•6.1•Released
DramaWar
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.
Director
Humphrey Jennings
Writer
Humphrey Jennings
Languages
English
Studio
Crown Film Unit
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
Production
Company
Crown Film Unit
Producer
Ian Dalrymple
Recommended
6.3
Walking with the Enemy
2014
6.7
Battleground
1949
6.4
Jacknife
1989
6.4
Hell Hath No Fury
2021
6.1
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
6.4
Wolf Hound
2022
6.5
The Kill Team
2019
7.1
The Beast of War
1988
6.7
Sahara
1995
6.6
Men in War
1957
7.1
King Rat
1965
5.9
Hurricane
2018
6.6
When Trumpets Fade
1998
6.8
Beneath Hill 60
2010
7
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
6.2
Max
2002
7.1
Cross of Iron
1977
6
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
6.5
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
6.3
Play Dirty
1969
Similar Movies
6.8
Decision Before Dawn
1951
7.6
Atonement
2007
6.1
Triple Cross
1966
8
We Won't Go to the Woods Anymore
1969
What the War Meant
2008
8
Echo on the Seashore
1966
10
The Ambush
1968
7.8
1900
1976
6.8
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
6.9
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
6
Fort Saganne
1984
6.9
D-Day: Normandy 1944
2014
7.1
Max Manus: Man of War
2008
Thanks Girls and Goodbye
1988
6.6
The Great Raid
2005
6.8
Defiance
2008
5.9
Battle of the Commandos
1969
6.6
When Trumpets Fade
1998
6.2
Closing the Ring
2007
6.7
Katyn
2007