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[[caption-width-right:300:This is the People's War. It is our war. We are the fighters. Fight it then. Fight it with all that is in us and may God defend the Right.]]

'''''Mrs. Miniver''''' is a 1942 MetroGoldwynMayer film, directed by WilliamWyler and starring Creator/GreerGarson. The film was considered a powerful weapon in the WorldWarII propaganda campaign against the German Reich, as well as an outstanding artistic achievement, being nominated for twelve [[AcademyAward Academy Awards]] and winning six, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress for Teresa Wright, and Best Cinematography.
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!!This film provides examples of:

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Carol says, near the end, that she accepts that Vincent might be killed in the war, and that she intends to enjoy the rest of the time she gets to spend with him--she'll have the rest of her life to mourn. And then, when Mrs. Miniver is trying to drive Carol home that night, and parks to watch the aeronautical action, some plane strafes the Minivers' car. Mrs. Miniver is okay (she didn't realize the car had actually been shot); Carol ... isn't.]]
* AuthorFilibuster: At the end of the film
* BloodlessCarnage: We see two people who were shot close up. We do not see either of them bleeding.
* CastIncest: Greer Garson married Richard Ney, who was her on-screen son.
** This would also be a 1940s-style RealLife case of HotMom: Garson was a spectacularly beautiful redhead in the day, and not yet 40 when the film was made.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Since real location shooting would mean filming in the middle of a war zone.
* FakeBrit: At least half the cast, due to the CaliforniaDoubling. It seems most ''real'' Brits were kind of busy at the time...
* GenteelInterbellumSetting: This film is about the transition between Christie time and WorldWarII.
* GrandeDame: Lady Beldon
* HollywoodNight: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]; Mr. Miniver turns off the lights so he can open the windows and notes that it's bright as day out there. Yes, HollywoodNight can occur in black&white films.
* IronicEcho: There is a church scene near the beginning of the film and a church scene at the end. The same hymn in both. But the church looks very different...
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]: SubvertedTrope with Vincent, DoubleSubversion with Carol.
* LawOfConservationOfNormality: Even during WorldWarII, during periods of bombing, there will still be roses and flower shows. And just because a building has been bombed out doesn't mean you have to stop using it.
* NoEnding: The war was still going when this was filmed.
* PrettyInMink: Several fur coats and fur muffs are worn.
* RoleAssociation: It seems [[ItsAWonderfulLife Clarence]] was a stationmaster when he was alive!
* SecondHandStorytelling: There are several plot-important battles, but the only one we get to see is the last one.
* {{Sequel}}: ''The Miniver Story'' (1950), which follows the Minivers after the war.
* TwistEnding: Two guesses...
* WhamLine: "James Bellard, station master and bell ringer and a proud winner, only one hour before [[spoiler:his death]], of the Belding Cup for his beautiful Miniver rose;" What makes this a Wham Line is that this is the first we hear of [[spoiler:his death]].
* WorldWarTwo
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