Yesterday's Enemy

original title:
Yesterday's Enemy
other titles:
Feinde von gestern; Turbilhão de Sangue; Helvetet i djungeln; Enemigos de ayer; Nemici di ieri; Section d'assaut sur le Sittang; Ayer enemigos; Viidakon helvetti
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1959
original length:
95 min. , black/white
premiere:
11 July 1959, Japan
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Peter R. Newman. Yesterday's Enemy. A play in three acts. London: Transworld Publishers, 1959.
director:
Val Guest
film script:
Peter R. Newman
producer:
Michael Carreras
cinematographer:
Arthur Grant
editor:
Alfred Cox
composer:
cast (role):
Stanley Baker (Captain Langford) , Guy Rolfe (Padre) , Leo McKern (Max) , Gordon Cameron Jackson (Sergeant McKenzie) , David Oxley (Doktor) , Stanley Baker , Guy Rolfe , Leo McKern , Gordon Cameron Jackson , David Oxley
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plot synopsis:
The film is set at the time of the Second World War in Japan. Under the command of Captain Langford, a group of British soldiers fighting in the jungle and coat a small farming village. To force information on the Japanese army, Langford can execute two civilians. However, after the reconquest of the village by the enemy he is in captivity.
keywords:
jungle , evacuation , civilians , youth during wartime
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Nominated in the categories "Best British Actor", "Best British Film" and "Best Film from any Source" by the BAFTA Awards 1960.
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