New DVD. Running time: 5 h 4 min. Age rating: 16 Subtitles: no / not known
Alan Bleasdale provides the script for this drama based on actual events during the First World War. After leading a rebellion at the Etaples training camp in northern France just prior to the Battle of Passchendaele, Private Percy Toplis (Paul McGann) adopts a monocle, disguises himself as an officer and escapes. He begins an affair with Dorothy (Cheri Lunghi), a beautiful young widow, but it is not long before the army are on his trail
Director: Jim O´Brien
Actors: Paul McGann,Penelope Wilton,Cherie Lunghi,Matthew Marsh,Timothy West,Philip McGough,Jerome Flynn