The Last of England (film)

The Last of England
Directed byDerek Jarman
Written byDerek Jarman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDerek Jarman, Christopher Hughes, Richard Heslop, Cerith Wyn Evans
Edited byDerek Jarman, Peter Cartwright, Angus Cook
Music by
Distributed byBlue Dolphin Film Distributors
Release dates
  • August 1987 (1987-08) (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
  • 14 February 1988 (1988-02-14) (Berlin International Film Festival)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetGBP£276,000

The Last of England is a 1987 British arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton.

It is a poetic depiction of what Jarman felt was the loss of traditional English culture in the 1980s and his anger about Thatcher's England, including the formation of Section 28 of the Local Government Act. It is named after The Last of England, a painting by Ford Madox Brown.

Jarman wrote a book, with the same title, to accompany the film.