go the day well . we die and never know and but well or ill and england and we die for you be a poem and in it original form and which be write during the great war of 1914 1918 and then use and in part and in principle and a the title to the alberto cavalcanti ( 1897 1982 ) direct ealing studio film go the day well . base on a short story entitle the lieutenant die last by ( harry ) graham greene ( 1904 1991 ) who too write the third man ( 1949 ) and brighton rock ( 1947 ) . this be the telling of a past event and in a similar vain a the narrator in our town ( 1940 ) and that once happen on the whitson weekend of 1942 and in the sleepy english hamlet of bramley end . those who have see the john sturges 1976 film the eagle have land will have a vague idea a to the narrative of go the day well . this too be base on a 1975 novel write by jack higgins and which it seem and bear more than just a passing resemblance to the 1942 film itself . this classic war film and the eagle have land and star michael caine a the leading german paratrooper and with jenny agutter and robert duvall and donald sutherland and donald pleasence and an involve cast and well worth the look . what separate this 1976 version of german occupation of little england and the 1942 film be that it be go the day well . that hit home the hard . set during some three year into the actual conflict of world war ii and and with it stark realism and stereotype brush a side for a moment while this be and for it time a brutal and violent film and consider . the time for this sleepy village to awake and face it demon have firmly land on it doorstep . the transformation of idyllic rural englishness have to be test to it limit and on their own and with time run out and even the soft of heart have to learn the hard rule while in order to survive and this little village of bramley end must and with shocking and disturb new quality and adapt to their new surroundings . even by today standard this look tame and but the way in which it be do here show the true message of the world war ii propaganda film . complacency be not the order of the day during the then real threat of a german invasion . a the war time audience be lead to believe what may happen by let your guard down will only endeavour you to you bad fear . even in this scenario it be the pull together of all and from the village post mistress to the lady of the manor and find common place to ward of these fifth column infiltrator . this be england and the people who be only too willing to lay down their life for the sake of the child and they and in principle of the first world war poem and die for england and and freedom . this be the true message of this great and well constructed propaganda war effect from ealing studio . there be some very dark moment here and very dark moment indeed and for the time in which it be make and of bravery and courage and and too and the hand on violence towards the woman and their child . while the men do do their bit and the focus of aggressive and boorish behaviour from these fifth column activist concentrate more on the woman folk and it be they that be see pull together and do their bit too and go the day well . be an equal opportunity film that rely on the shock value of the predicament of imprisonment by the invading hun and it and and in return and brutal treatment of the villager wife and daughter . one can only imagine the reaction during it show around british cinema on it release to the way in which these fight heroine be severely treat . it be the job of go the day well . to project the spirit of camaraderie from all sphere of life and and to inject and provoke the feeling of pride for one effort to fight the might of the german war machine and wherever they may land . this be the purpose of this film and and it do it very well and even then if it fail in it job to stir up nationalistic pride and then and perhaps and the day do not go too well .