Field Punishment No.1

Apr 22, 2014

1h 30m

★ 7.8

The war heroes we never heard about

Overview

In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them. This is their story.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Lippy Pictures

Field Punishment No.1 Trailers

Cast

Archibald Baxter

Fraser Brown

William Little

Michael Whalley

Mark Briggs

Byron Coll

Sandy Baxter

Damien Avery

Sophie

Victoria Abbott

Sergeant Bolton

Colin Moy

Lieutenant-Colonel CMO

Andrew Robertt

Lieutenant Nessam

Joseph Rye

John Baxter

Jason Hodzelmans

James

Tim Carlsen

Lawrence Kirwan

Richard Chapman

Old Soldier

Daniel Cleary

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7.0

Together

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Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

7.8

All Quiet on the Western Front

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When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

4.8

Only Cloud Knows

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The film revolves around a Chinese man who returns to New Zealand following the death of his wife and begins to discover that she harbored a number of secrets.

7.5

Doctor Zhivago

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8.3

The Great Dictator

Oct 15, 1940

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

8.0

Lawrence of Arabia

Dec 11, 1962

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

8.3

Paths of Glory

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A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

7.1

Whale Rider

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7.0

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4.3

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Harry is a young millionaire on holiday; he takes his yacht to a Greek island, and stays in the mansion of his friend...

0.0

Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)

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No overview available.

7.4

The African Queen

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7.4

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0.0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

Sep 21, 1956

No overview available.

7.0

The Cuckoo

Oct 25, 2002

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.

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10.0

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Something pierces the boredom and unconscious dailiness of life for a young woman working in a dress shop.

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0.0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

Jan 1, 1955

No overview available.

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0.0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

Jul 11, 1954

No overview available.