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Blighty
(1927) England/Germany
B&W : Nine reels / 8603 feet
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Cast: Ellaline Terriss [Lady Villiers], Godfrey Winn [Robin Villiers], Lilian Hall-Davis [Mrs. Villiers], Nadia Sibirskaia (Nadia Sibirskaïa) [the little refugee], Jameson Thomas [David Marshall], Annesley Hely [Sir Francis Villiers], Wally Patch [the drill sergeant], Dino Galvani [Poilu], Seymour Hicks [an Armistice Day enthusiast in hospital], Renée Houston [a typist], Billie Houston [a typist]
Gainsborough Pictures, Limited, Piccadilly Pictures Company and Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA] production; distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service, Limited. / Produced by Michael Balcon and Carlyle Blackwell. Scenario by Eliot Stannard, from a screen story by Charles McEvoy and Ivor Montagu. Art direction by Bertram Evans. Assistant director, Norman Walker. Cinematography by J.J. Cox (John J. Cox). Edited by Ivor Montagu. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Drama: War: World War I.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Chauffeurs - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918) - Widows
Listing updated: 30 July 2025.
References: Gifford-British n. 08214; Perry-British p. 306 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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