Underplayed Gems

Birdsong (2012)

Birdsong poster
Directed by
Philip Martin
Genre
drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young English soldier has a passionate love affair before being sent to the trenches of World War I. The story flashes between his past romance and the horrors of combat.

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What happens

Birdsong is a two-part British 2012 television drama, based on the 1993 war novel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. It stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Wraysford and Clémence Poésy as Isabelle Azaire and was directed by Philip Martin based on a screenplay by Abi Morgan. The adaptation was produced by Working Title Films for the BBC and PBS's Masterpiece. It premiered in January 2012 in the United Kingdom and in April 2012 in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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