The Spirit of '45
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Cast
Eileen Thompson Julian Tudor Hart Dai Walters Sam Watts Ray Davies Dot Gibson
Credits
Written by: 
Ken Loach
Plot
In an age marked both by austerity and postwar optimism, Britain builds the welfare state under the Labour government of 1945.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ken Loach's documentary is passionate and one-sided, a stirring archive-based celebration of the NHS and nationalization.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,430 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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