Name: Blackadder Goes Forth
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1989
Rating: 88
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim Mclnnerny

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One final cunning plan...!

Stuck in the middle of World War I, Captain Edmund Blackadder does his best to escape the banality of the war.

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Genres: Anti-War Satire Black Comedy
Mood: IronicAbsurdSarcasticDarkly ComedicDesperate
Themes: SurvivalIdentity CrisisAnti-AuthoritarianismThe Futility Of War
Plot: Class StruggleRebellion Against AuthorityMilitary IneptnessSurvival StrategiesSocial CommentaryWar SatireAbsurd War Situations
Pacing: Fast-PacedQuick-Fire Scenes
Narrative: Nonlinear NarrativeEpisodic StructureFlashbacks
Dialog: Witty BanterFast-Paced ExchangesSatirical MonologuesSarcastic Remarks
Character Types: Loyal SidekickAnti-HeroBumbling AuthorityWitty Intellectual
Humor: SatireIronyAbsurd ComedyWordplaySarcasm
Time: World War I
Place: Trench WarfareMilitary Camps
Cinematic Style: Period-Accurate CostumesSatirical Use Of PropsMuted Color Palette
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate UniformsTrench Warfare Settings

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Directed by:

Richard Boden

Written by:

Richard Curtis

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Rowan Atkinson

Captain Edmund Blackadder

Tony Robinson

Private S Baldrick

Stephen Fry

General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie

Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

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