Private's Progress

original title:
Private's Progress
other titles:
(Der beste Mann beim Militär)
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1955
original length:
102 min. , black/white
premiere:
17 February 1956
genre:
Comedy
based on:
Alan Hackney. Private's Progress. A novel.
London: Gollancz, 1954.
director:
John Boulting
film script:
John Boulting , Alan Hackney
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cast (role):
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Lord , Ronald Adam , Dennis Price
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plot synopsis:
This satire takes place in 1942 in England and deals with a young Oxford student, who joins the army and has to get along with the military practice. When first problems seem to be solved, he gets involved into an art smuggling, that his uncle has planned.
keywords:
order and obedience , drill , corruption , incompetent officers , youth during wartime , boot-camp
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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availability:
VHS, DVD