Spitfire Over Berlin is a 2022 British war film focusing on an aerial spying mission during World War II. Like Burn's prior film, Lancaster Skies, it is a homage to the British war films of the 1940s and 1950s, and is inspired by true events.
| Spitfire Over Berlin | |
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| Directed by | Callum Burn |
| Written by | Andrew Burn Callum Burn |
| Produced by | Andrew Burn Callum Burn |
| Starring | Kris Saddler |
| Cinematography | Sam Parsons |
| Edited by | Callum Burn |
| Music by | James Griffiths |
Production company | Tin Hat Productions |
| Distributed by | Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (UK)[1] Shout Factory!(US)[2] |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £51,931 (UK) $11,546 (worldwide) |
Daredevil pilot Edward Barnes is recruited for a special mission: Operation Extreme Jeopardy, taking an unarmed observation plane over Berlin to photograph defence installations and prevent an American squadron from heading to certain death.[3]
The film was inspired by the RAF Photo Reconnaissance Unit, who provided photographic intelligence for the Allied Forces during World War II. The film was shot in Lincolnshire.[4]
Phil Hoard of The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars, writing, 'Spitfire Over Berlin’s ambition is laudable, and the flight sequences are precise and technically accomplished for a DIY production. But it needs to take a good hard look under the hood.'[5] The Times also gave it two out of five stars, commending the Burns' efforts with limited resources, but stating, 'The results, alas, in actual film-making terms, are punishingly poor and amount to little more than 80 minutes of bad acting inside a cardboard cockpit'.[6]