Sienna Miller and Lily James Star in Burberry's Holiday Film

Burberry may have released the year’s most enthralling trailer yet.

A pioneering inventor set to change the world. A nation suffering from the horrors of World War I. An explorer set out on a grueling expedition. Two beautiful leading ladies. A scandalous love affair. This is the plot of The Tale of Thomas Burberry, a holiday film starring Domhnall Gleeson, Sienna Miller, Lily James, and Dominic West. But don’t expect an Oscar nod anytime soon. The three-minute clip is actually not a real trailer.

Coinciding with the brand’s 160th anniversary, Burberry released its annual holiday campaign in the form of a short biopic on the man who started it all, Thomas Burberry. Never the brand to shy away from star-studded, massive production, it tapped Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning director of Amy, to direct the campaign, and Matt Charman, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Bridge of Spies, to write the screenplay.

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“The film we have made is a brief glimpse inspired by [Burberry’s] full and extraordinary life, which threaded its way through the history of the twentieth century in all its tumultuous highs and lows,” Christopher Bailey, the brand’s creative director, said in a release. “His spirit and his vision are still at the heart of everything we do at Burberry today.”

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The film reimagines various key events in the life of Burberry, from the invention of the gabardine (you know, the waterproof fabric your Burberry trench is made out of) to outfitting the British army during the First World War. And since no story is complete without a bit of romance, the film does take some creative license to include a fictional love story featuring Sienna Miller’s Sara, Burberry’s first love. Lily James, the face of the My Burberry fragrances, stars as Betty Dawson, a fictional character inspired by the record-breaking pilot Betty Kirby-Green. Dominic West plays polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who was outfitted by the designer on his Antarctic expeditions.

Aside from the plot, the viewers will fall in love with the romantic costumes from the current Burberry collections, such as the equestrian-inspired Bridle bag that debuted on the runway this season. Watch the video below and get ready to splurge for the holidays on Burberry.com. Now if only we could convince the brand to make this into a real film.

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