Directed by:
Tom HarperScreenplay:
Jack ThorneCinematography:
Zac NicholsonComposer:
Jack C. ArnoldCast:
Sophie Okonedo, Ben Chaplin, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Shaun Evans, Kerry Fox, Adeel Akhtar, Phoebe Fox, Antony Sher, Nicholas BurnsPlots(1)
WAR BOOK takes place over three days as nine civil servants gather in a government building to take part in a policy shaping scenario. They are there to take decisions on Britain's reaction to an international nuclear attack. At first the participants are casual, playing out the scenario against a backdrop of their own petty squabbles and personal ambitions. Only two participants know the truth - that the country is secretly facing a real nuclear threat, and that their theoretical responses may become reality sooner than they can know. (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Sophie Okonedo
UK
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Escape Artist (2013) (series)
Ben Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Little Boy (2015)
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
UK
Best movies:
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (theatrical recording)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Paradise (2012) (series)
Shaun Evans
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Boy A (2007)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Kerry Fox
New Zealand
Best movies:
An Angel at My Table (1990)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Shallow Grave (1994)
Adeel Akhtar
UK
Best movies:
The Dictator (2012)
The Big Sick (2017)
Four Lions (2010)
Phoebe Fox
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
War Book (2014)
Antony Sher
South Africa
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
The Company (2007) (series)
Nicholas Burns
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance (2003) (TV movie)