Cavalcade

Events from the Boer War to the 1920s are seen from the perspective of a family of British elites and their servants., Winner of Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and “Interior Design,” this is a period piece with excellent ambiance. Tracing the lives of two British families from the beginning of the century through 1930, this adaptation of Noel Coward’s successful stage play successfully portrays families sticking together through thick and thin. Weathering the death of Queen Victoria, WWI and the depression, the families make adjustments according to their circumstances, but the movie leaves a sharply anti-war taste with the viewer as the families’ peaceful way of life is changed forever by the circumstances of a changing world.