Comrades
Time Out says
Douglas' epic and very British film about the Tolpuddle Martyrs - 1830s Dorset farm labourers who formed a union to protest against subsistence wages, only to be deported to Australia - employs a minimum of fussy historical detail to offer a didactic but never dogmatic film of wide-ranging relevance. Politically, it foreshadows modern labour disputes; aesthetically, as 'a lanternist's account', the film is an investigation of different, pre-cinematic modes of story-telling. Fuelling the whole is a deeply humane concern for suffering, coupled with a righteous anger directed against hypocrisy and inequality. Equally importantly, however, it works as often humorous, always intelligently moving spectacle, immaculately performed, structured and shot.
Details
Release details
Duration:
183 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Bill Douglas
Screenwriter:
Bill Douglas
Cast:
Freddie Jones
William Gaminara
Michael Hordern
Robert Stephens
Vanessa Redgrave
Robin Soans
Alex Norton
Philip Davis
Imelda Staunton
James Fox
Barbara Windsor
William Gaminara
Michael Hordern
Robert Stephens
Vanessa Redgrave
Robin Soans
Alex Norton
Philip Davis
Imelda Staunton
James Fox
Barbara Windsor