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Peaky Blinders does Birmingham dirty

The film’s stylized violence and Nazi plot draw criticism for misrepresenting Birmingham’s Irish and Roma communities while boosting tourism and investment.

Summary by UnHerd
“Heil fucking Hitler!” The first line of the new Peaky Blinders film lets the audience know right away that it’s about Nazis — with all the subtlety of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Mcguffin this time is not some ancient artifact, but millions of pounds in counterfeit money, with which the Third Reich plans to destabilize the country. But as much as the fate of British democracy, the film makes a casualty of Birmingham, with the town increasingly…

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bfi.org.uk broke the news in on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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