Comrades
(1986)
Country: UK
Genre: Historical Drama
Synopsis
The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs seen through the eyes of a travelling lanternist. In 1834, a group of Dorset men are arrested and transported to Australia for trying to improve their conditions by forming a labour union.
Notes
- Written and directed by Bill Douglas
Cast
- Robin Soans
(George Loveless) - William Gaminara
(James Loveless) - Stephen Bateman
(Old Tom Standfield) - Philip Davis
(Young John Stanfield) - Jeremy Flynn
(James Brine) - Keith Allen
(James Hammett) - Arthur Dignam
(Fop) - James Fox
(William Norfolk) - Michael Hordern
(Mr. Pitt) - Vanessa Redgrave
(Mrs. Violet Carlyle) - Robert Stephens
(James Frampton) - Murray Melvin
(Frampton's Clerk) - Symon Parsonage
(Charlie) - Alex Norton
(Lanternist)
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Douglas had a heck of a time getting funding for this film. It's admittedly a little light on the boy actor factor, but like Winstanley it's a splendid flawed British social epic, and it draws on Douglas's fascination with pre-cinema. Also see Douglas's student short Come Dancing.