AN ACCIDENTAL SOLDIER

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• Release Year: 2013
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: First World War 1918; Shamed into enlisting in the army by his rural Australian community, shy and gentle baker Harry Lambert (Dan Spielman) joins the Service Corps as a baker, working behind the lines on the Western Front in France. When the bakers are thrown into the front line, Harry is shocked. Wounded and watching his mates die, Harry panics and flees the battlefield. On the run through countryside swarming with gendarmes on the lookout for deserters, Harry barely avoids capture when a Frenchwoman, Colombe (Marie Bunel), puts her own life in jeopardy by sheltering him from the authorities. Risking prison or worse for their individual actions, together Harry and Colombe discover a love that is as powerful as it is unexpected – and for which they are both willing to give their lives.
• Cast: Marie Bunel, Dan Spielman, Julia Zemiro, Bryan Brown, Daniel Boothey, Mickey Camilleri, Dylan Caseris, Nicholas Peduzzi, Phillipe Tercier, Antoine Germain, Marius Rodari, Ben Young, Luke Ledger, Craig Hyde-Smith, Nick Maclaine, Will O'Mahony, Lee Sheppard, Nancy de Lucia, Stéphane Avril, Nathaniel Kelly, Lena Steiff, Emilie Cocquerel, Wayne Davies, Jean Luc Marinai, Imogen Castledine, Christian Manon, Bill McCluskey, Matt Elverd, Malcolm Kennard, Alinta Carroll, Vincent Winterhalter, Michael McCall, Doug Gardiner, Evelyne Tymms, Rachel Ward, Blake Ayshford
• Director: Rachel Ward
• Runtime: 1:32
• Company: Goalpost Pictures, Taylor Media, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ScreenWest, Lotterywest, DCD Rights Limited, BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited
• Media Format: Movie