Acting legends to star in movie marking VE Day

AWARD-winning actors will star in a Second World War film released to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

- POL ALLINGHAM

The National Theatre's short film will use connected stories to present intergenerational perspectives on the end of the war.

Olivier Award-winning actor Julian Glover, who starred in the James Bond, Indiana Jones and Star Wars film franchises, will feature in The Next Morning.

It was written by James Graham who wrote Dear England, a play about former England football manager Gareth Southgate.

The film will also feature Sian Phillips, who won a Bafta for her role in I, Claudius, and Joseph Mydell, from the Academy Award-winning film Conclave.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said: "It is absolutely right that we ensure that the stories of those who lived through and fought in the Second World War are remembered by generations to come.