Documentary ·Drama ·History · United Kingdom · 1988 · 51m

The Luddites

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Director
Richard Broad
Cast
Steven Alvey as Henry Smith Ray Armstrong as Militia Sargent Dicken Ashworth as William Thorpe David Becalick as George Meller Jim Bywater as William Cartwright Charles Collingwood as David Ricardo
Crew
Taylor Downing — Producer
Synopsis

In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.

Mood & Themes
industrial unresttextile industryperiod dramapolitical protestprotestorsgeorgian or regency eraeconomic inequalityluddites
Key Collaborators
Richard Broad Director Taylor Downing Producer
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