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Spitfire Over Berlin
Spitfire Over Berlin
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) ; Shout Factory!(US)
Release date	13 May 2022 (UK);
Running time	80 minutes
Language	English
Box office	£51,931 (UK); $11,546 (worldwide)

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.

Plot

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]

Cast

Kris Saddler as Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes
David Dobson as Group Captain
Tom Gordon as David
Vin Hawke as Stanley
Jeffrey Mundell as B-17 Pilot

Production

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]

Reception

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]