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** Contrary to what the film claims and shows, Philip II didn't rule by force and fear. While he wasn't a terribly popular monarch (many in Spain criticized his political blunders and proneness to chew more he could swallow), he ''was'' popular, and virtually nobody that was not warring against him considered him illegitimate or tyrannical. The film is set during the [[UsefulNotes/TheEightyYearsWar Dutch Revolt]], so they make an exception, but even then, the rebellion's causes were way more complicated than simply Philip being an EvilOverlord (Dutch propaganda certainly tried to make it look so, though).
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* FalseReassurance: When Michael, mistaken for Sir Hilary Vane (a pro-Spanish spy) is asked to by his Spanish hosts toast the success of the Armada, and replies, "To the salvation of England."
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* FalseReassurance: When Michael, mistaken for Sir Hilary Vane (a pro-Spanish spy) is asked to by his Spanish hosts to toast the success of the Armada, and replies, "To the salvation of England."
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* {{Privateer}}: Sir Richard Ingolby; Drake from the English point of view.
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* {{Privateer}}: Sir Richard Ingolby; Drake Drake, from the English point of view.
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* RousingSpeech: Queen Elizabeth's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_to_the_Troops_at_Tilbury speech at Tilbury]], which is a direct quote from history, and may make you want to go out and fight a Spaniard. Just about the most RousingSpeech ever by an English politician until UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill started giving speeches like this every week in 1940.
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* RousingSpeech: Queen Elizabeth's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_to_the_Troops_at_Tilbury speech at Tilbury]], which is a direct quote from history, and which (should you happen to be English or of English ancestry) may make you want to go out and fight a Spaniard. Just about the most RousingSpeech ever made by an English politician leader until UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill started giving speeches like this every week in 1940.
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Elizabeth, who is riddled with fears for her country's and her own future, regrets for her lost beauty, jealousy of Cynthia's youth, beauty, and relationship with Michael, and guilt for her execution of [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]].
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''Fire Over England'' is a 1937 British {{Swashbuckler}} film produced by Alexander Korda's London Films, directed by William K. Howard, and starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Flora Robson, Leslie Banks, Creator/VivienLeigh, Tamara Desni, Robert Newton, and Raymond Massey, and [[InNameOnly nominally]] based on a novel by HistoricalFiction author A.E.W. Mason; the score is by noted English composer Richard Addinsell of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Concerto Warsaw Concerto]]" fame. Produced at a time when the Jewish Korda was desperately trying to rouse [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} Britain]] for the coming [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII fight]] with UsefulNotes/NaziGermany -- a not entirely popular position in those war-weary times -- ''Fire Over England'' used the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Spanish]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend_(Spain) Black Legend]]" and UsefulNotes/ElizabethI's glorious opposition to the invading Armada to reflect the need for a vigorous defence of England's liberties.
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''Fire Over England'' is a 1937 British {{Swashbuckler}} film produced by Alexander Korda's London Films, directed by William K. Howard, and starring Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Flora Robson, Leslie Banks, Creator/VivienLeigh, Tamara Desni, Robert Newton, and Raymond Massey, Creator/RaymondMassey, and [[InNameOnly nominally]] based on a novel by HistoricalFiction author A.E.W. Mason; the score is by noted English composer Richard Addinsell of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Concerto Warsaw Concerto]]" fame. Produced at a time when the Jewish Korda was desperately trying to rouse [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} Britain]] for the coming [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII fight]] with UsefulNotes/NaziGermany -- a not entirely popular position in those war-weary times -- ''Fire Over England'' used the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Spanish]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend_(Spain) Black Legend]]" and UsefulNotes/ElizabethI's glorious opposition to the invading Armada to reflect the need for a vigorous defence of England's liberties.
