King and Country

feature film, 1964

DIRECTED BY: Joseph Losey

King and Country

CAST:
Dirk Bogarde (kapetan Hargreaves),
Tom Courtenay (vojnik Arthur Hamp),
Leo McKern (kapetan O'Sullivan),
Barry Foster (poručnik Webb),
Peter Copley (pukovnik)

SCRIPT:
Evan Jones,
John Wilson,
J. L. Hodson (prema vlastitom romanu)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Denys N. Coop

Synopsis:
During WW I, Arthur Hamp is a soldier accused of deserting. His defender in military court is Captain Hargreaves, appointed on official duty. At first Hargreaves is disgusted with Hamp’s crime but soon, after finding out the reason why Hamp deserted, he develops empathy for his client. After a battle in which he was the only survivor and having just found out that his fiancée was cheating him, Hamp did not see the point of continuing to fight.

b/w, 35 mm, 80min