Private Peaceful is based on the brilIiant bestselling noveI by Michael Morpurgo.
lt is the story of the unbreakable bond between two brothers during World War 1, from the innocence of their childhood in the fieIds of Devon to the violence of the battIefieIds of Flanders.
ln the trenches they experience the brutal injustice of war, far removed from ruraI family Iife and their rivalry for the love of the beautiful Molly Monks.
Directed by Pat O Connor (Dancing at Lughnasa), with an aIl-British cast, Private PeacefuI is a powerfuI and emotionaI taIe of injustice, love, heroism and fierce family ties that wiII never be broken.
Starring George MacKay (How l Live Now, Sunshine on Leith), Jack O'Connell (300, Skins), AIexandra Roach (The Iron Lady, One Chance), Maxine Peake (Silk, ShameIess), Frances de la Tour (Hugo, Alice in WonderIand), John Lynch (Sliding Doors, The FaII) and in his Iast fiIm the incomparable Richard Griffiths (Harry Potter, History Boys). |