Storyline
It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu. Using dramatic reconstruction and eyewitness testimony from doctors, soldiers, civilians and politicians, this one-off special brings to life the onslaught of the disease, the horrors of those who lived through it and the efforts of the pioneering scientists desperately looking for the cure. Narrated by Christopher Eccleston, the film also asks whether, a century later, the lessons learnt in 1918 might help us fight a future global flu pandemic.
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Cast & Crew
Christopher Eccleston
Narrator
Paul Birchard
William Welch
Iain Davie
Ernest Gibson
Jeremy Edwards
Basil Hood
Kenny Fullwood
Alexander Jamieson
Amy Kennedy
Katherine Garvin
Hannah Macphail
Ada Berry
Isabel McClelland
Mary Dobson
Brian Pettifer
Victor Vaughan
Allan Tall
James Niven
Anita Vettesse
Catherine MacFie
Finlay Welsh
Arthur Newsholme
Frequently Asked Questions
The Flu That Killed 50 Million was released on September 25, 2018.
The runtime of The Flu That Killed 50 Million is 48m.
The Flu That Killed 50 Million is a Documentary, History movie.
The Flu That Killed 50 Million has a rating of 5.9 out of 10 on TMDB.
The Flu That Killed 50 Million is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
The Flu That Killed 50 Million was directed by Andrew Thompson.
The main cast of The Flu That Killed 50 Million includes Christopher Eccleston, Paul Birchard, Iain Davie.
The Flu That Killed 50 Million is originally in English.