Danny Graydon

Two outrageously-talented friends of mine, writer-producer Jorg Tittel and his lovely actress-director wife Alex Helfrecht-Tittel, have recently unveiled a splendid and intriguing new short-film project: Battle For Britain, a poignant paean to the role of Polish fighter pilots who fought in Blighty’s Finest Hour, defending the skies of Britain from the Nazis, seventy years ago.

Mr. Rogulski (JULIAN GLOVER) lives in Oxford in a house that time forgot, alone since his beloved wife’s death. One morning, he sets off for a walk to go and feed the pigeons in Oriel Square. An encounter with the helpful young Steven (Max Fowler) leads to the scooter ride of his life. Mr. Rogulski invites his new friend into his home for tea and proudly admits it’s his 101st birthday. When the old man begins to doze off, Steven does the unthinkable, leaving Mr. Rogulski the choice between vengeance or forgiveness.

Jorg and Alex’s 13-minute long film has been garnering enthusiastic notices from the esteemed likes of The Economist, The BBC and Poland’s leading newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and is now set to do the rounds at international film festivals. Jorg is kindly sending me a screener copy of their hard work, so I’ll do a review of the complete short imminently…! In the meantime, here’s the trailer…

Additionally: you can get more information and media at the official site or the Facebook page and you can follow the filmmakers on Twitter via @battlefilm.