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Field Punishment No.1
“The war heroes we never heard about”
7.8 / 10• 2014• 1h 30m•NR• English
WarDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Fraser Brown
Archibald Baxter
Lead
Michael Whalley
William Little
Byron Coll
Mark Briggs
Damien Avery
Sandy Baxter
Victoria Abbott
Sophie
Colin Moy
Sergeant Bolton
Andrew Robertt
Lieutenant-Colonel CMO
Joseph Rye
Lieutenant Nessam
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Burger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Field Punishment No.1 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
