An English housewife and her family endure the Blitz. William Wyler’s classic film won six Oscars and stars Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Adaptation of Jan Struther\'s book. A beacon of morale in wartime Britain, this story of an English housewife enduring the worst that Hitler can throw at her and her family won six Oscars. A British housewife\'s settled existence is thrown into upheaval by the outbreak of the Second World War, as her husband and eldest son are called up and her small town is devastated by bombing. She spiritedly tries to make the best of things, looking after local children, watching over her youngest son\'s love life and capturing an enemy airman.