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.
Casts Fraser Brown, Michael Whalley, Byron Coll, Damien Avery, Victoria Abbott, Colin Moy, Andrew Robertt, Joseph Rye, Jason Hodzelmans, Tim Carlsen
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wrath of the Seas
War Requiem
Whale Rider
In My Father's Den
Doctor Zhivago
The Great Dictator
Lawrence of Arabia
Paths of Glory
The Red Baron
Carry Me Back
Newspaper Train
Out of the Blue
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Little Tin Soldiers
Les Fiancés de 1914
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
Flucht ins Dunkel
Catching the Black Widow
My Dearest Emma
Queen Marie of Romania
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wrath of the Seas
IMDB 4 | Dec , 1926
The film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and is based on a novel by Helmut Lorenz.War Requiem
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1989
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.Whale Rider
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2003
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.In My Father's Den
IMDB 7 | Jun , 2004
War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to confront buried secrets and uncover the dark truths of his family and community.Doctor Zhivago
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1965
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.The Great Dictator
IMDB 8.3 | Oct , 1940
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Lawrence of Arabia
IMDB 8 | Dec , 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.Paths of Glory
IMDB 8.3 | Oct , 1957
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.The Red Baron
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2008
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.Carry Me Back
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1982
Two brothers take their father into the city for the weekend for a rugby game and a night on the town. However, the old man dies in their hotel and the boys need to smuggle his body back to their farm and make it appear that he died there to satisfy a clause in his will or else they won't inherit the property.Newspaper Train
IMDB 5 | Nov , 1942
The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.Out of the Blue
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2006
Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.All Quiet on the Western Front
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1979
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.The Little Tin Soldiers
IMDB 5 | Aug , 1916
With Jean-Baptiste at the front, Louise takes care of Bébé with the help of Uncle Pierre. The letters she receives from Jean-Baptiste worry her, but Pierre distracts Bébé with a box of tin soldiers. That night, Bébé has a dream of his soldiers vanquishing the enemy, and the next morning, Jean-Baptiste surprises the family by returning home.Les Fiancés de 1914
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1914
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1960
When the First World War breaks out in 1914, Josef Schwejk, a naive dog dealer in Prague, joins the Imperial Army.Flucht ins Dunkel
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1939
Catching the Black Widow
IMDB 5.6 | Jul , 2017
The courageous story of a tenacious New Zealand woman who would stop at nothing in seeking justice for her brother's murder.My Dearest Emma
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2024
In the year 1915, while the world starts falling apart, a husband comes home to his wife with bad newsQueen Marie of Romania
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2019
Devastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania's every hope accompanies its Queen on her mission to Paris, to lobby for its great unification's international recognition at the 1919 Peace Talks.