Directed by: Michael J Bassett Script: Michael J Bassett Producer: Sam Taylor, Mike Downey Production company: Film & Music Entertainment AG, Bavaria Film Cinematography: Hubert Taczanowski Editing: Anne Sopel Music: Curt Cress, Chris Weller Cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Matthew Rhys, Hans Matheson, Hugo Speer
Format: 35mm Running time: 94'
Synopsis Welcome to Hell, Private Shakespeare... 1917. The Western Front. A million or more Allied and German troops face each other across the shattered landscape of northern Europe. The earth is soaked with the blood of the fallen and the air fetid with the suffocating stench of death and gas. Hundreds of thousands of young men are already buried in this terrible wasteland; hundreds of thousands more will die here before the slaughter ends. It is here that one young man must face the truth about himself; that he is a coward, unable to face the coming horror of battle. Private Charlie Shakespeare is frozen with fear. Forced over the top at gunpoint he is hurled into the chaos of battle and bears witness to the destruction of his comrades; bodies shredded by machine-gun fire, others a blown apart by stray shells. He is alone, desperate to turn and flee. Then as the the poison gas drifts over the nightmare battle field, all he can do is fumble for his mask, press himself deeper into the mud and pray for dawn... In this cursed, lonely place, Private Charlie Shakespeare must find the strength to overcome his own deepest fears if he is to survive...
Awards Espoo Int’l Film Festival 2003 Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film
Luxembourg International Film Festival 2003 Grand Prix Cinenygma
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2003 Grand Prize
Directors Biography Michael J. Bassett is a English screenwriter and film director. He has produced a variety of films, both for television and cinema. Bassett's first feature, the horror film 'Deathwatch' was met with both critical and commercial success. Bassett's recent projects are 'Wilderness' (2006) and 'Solomon Kane' (2009) .
Location and screening schedule: Tuškanac Cinema, Thursday, October 22nd at 19.00
