Movie
Private Peaceful
Overview
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-10-12
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fluidity Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack O'Connell as Charlie Peaceful
- George MacKay as Tommo Peaceful
- Richard Griffiths as The Colonel
- Frances de la Tour as Grandma Wolf
- Maxine Peake as Hazel Peaceful
- Alexandra Roach as Molly Monks
- John Lynch as Sergeant Hanley
- Anthony Flanagan as Recruiting Sergeant
- Paul Ready as Captain Wilkins
- Eline Powell as Anna
- James Laurenson as Major Fitzpatrick
- Stephen Kennedy as James Peaceful
Crew
- Pat O'Connor - Director
- Simon Reade - Screenplay
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