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An Accidental Soldier (2013)

An Accidental Soldier poster
Directed by
Rachel Ward
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
M
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Australian soldier deserts the army in World War I and hides out in rural France. A local woman takes him in and they form an unlikely bond.

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What happens

An Accidental Soldier is an Australian television drama film produced by Goalpost Pictures, released on 15 September 2013, and starring Marie Bunel, Dan Spielman, Julia Zemiro, and Bryan Brown. It is written by Blake Ayshford from the screenplay of John Charalambous, who based it on his 2008 book Silent Parts. The film was directed by Rachel Ward and was shot just outside Perth, Western Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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