Tell Me Lies
1968, English. Directed by Peter Brook.
Peter Brook’s provocative anti-Vietnam War 1960s protest piece.
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in London in 1967 and released only briefly in the UK and New York at the height of the Vietnam War – remains both thought-provoking and disturbing. A theatrical and cinematic social comment on US intervention in Vietnam, Brook’s film also reveals a 1960s London where art, theatre and political protest actively collude and where a young Glenda Jackson and RSC icons such as Peggy Ashcroft and Paul Scofield feature prominently on the front line. Multi-layered scenarios staged by Brook combine with newsreel footage, demonstrations, satirical songs and skits to illustrate the intensity of anti-war opinion within London’s artistic and intellectual community.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Peter BrookDirector
- Mark JonesMark
- Robert Langdon LlyodBob
- Pauline MunroPauline
- Ursula MohanAvant-garde Actress
- Hugh ArmstrongAvant-garde Actor
- Peggy AshcroftCast
- Patrick WymarkCast
- Paul ScofieldCast
- Barry StantonFilm Editor 1
- Henry WoolfFilm Editor 2
- Glenda JacksonGlenda
- John HusseyEnglish Actor Playing American Embassy Official
Details
- Released
- 2 February 1968
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Peter Brook, Michael Kustow, Dennis Cannan
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Tell Me Lies runs 118 minutes (1h 58m).
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Tell Me Lies isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 February 1968. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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If you liked Tell Me Lies, try All That Breathes, Einstein and the Bomb, 20,000 Days on Earth.
Who directed Tell Me Lies?
Tell Me Lies (1968) was directed by Peter Brook and stars Mark Jones, Robert Langdon Llyod, Pauline Munro.