This Above All (1942) — AI Story Visualization

This Above All (1942) Poster

Plot Analysis Summary

A wartime romance exploring class divides, moral duty, and personal sacrifice during World War II.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

WAAF Enlistment & First Encounter

Desertion & Class Conflict

Flight & Moral Awakening

Sacrifice & Reconciliation

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.

Directed by

Anatole Litvak

Key Cast

Rating: 6.8/10 (20 votes)