The Four Feathers DVD 2002 A gyávaság tollai / Directed by Shekar Kapur / Starring: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson

UPC 5999553600315 / 5999016344275

IPH 6129

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 5.1, English 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Runtime: 126 minutes

English Summary:

The Four Feathers is a 2002 war drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson. Set during the British Army's Gordon Relief Expedition (late 1884 to early 1885) in Sudan, it tells the story of a young man accused of cowardice. This film, with altered plot events, is the latest in a long line of cinematic adaptations of the 1902 novel The Four Feathers by A.E.W. Mason. Other versions of the story have been set in the 1890s, with different battle events.

Harry Faversham, a young British officer completing his training, celebrates his engagement to Ethne, in a ball with his fellow officers and father. When the Colonel announces that the regiment is being dispatched to Egyptian-ruled Sudan to rescue the British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, young Faversham has serious ethical reservations about the war, and resigns his commission. Harry's father disowns him. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, three of his friends and his fiancée each give him a white feather, the symbol of cowardice. Ethne breaks off their engagement.

Harry learns that his best friend Jack and his former regiment have come under attack by rebels. Undertaking the perilous journey into the Sudan alone, he strikes up an alliance with Abou Fatma, a mercenary warrior. Harry disguises himself as an Arab. Harry and Abou Fatma follow a group of army workers he believes to be Mahdi spies, and reach the garrison of Abu-Klea, which they realise has been overrun. Harry begs Abou Fatma to warn his friends that their destination is under siege and an attack is likely.

The regiment stopped its march to bury a group of British killed by the Mahdi. Abou Fatma is captured by Egyptian soldiers; believing he is an enemy scout, they bring him before the British officers. He tells the British that he has been sent by a British officer to warn them of the Mahdi's attack. He says that Muslims always bury their dead and that of the enemy, but that these bodies have been left to keep the British occupied. Faversham's comrades are worried, but ultimately they disregard Abou Fatma's warnings and he is flogged as a suspected spy.

Hungarian Summary:

Az 1890-es években játszódik a történet Szudánban, Afrika egyik legnagyobb angol gyarmatán. Öt fiatal elit tiszt éli unalmas napjait egy vidéki helyőrségben. Egy napon parancsot kapnak: erősítésként hét napon belül Kartúmba kell érniük az ostromolt brit parancsnokság védelmére. Az öt tiszt közül négyen örülnek, hogy végre harcolhatnak. Harry (Heath Ledger) viszont félti életét és jövőjét. Nemrégen jegyezte el magát Ethne-vel (Kate Hudson), egy nyugalmazott tiszt lányával. Lemond rangjáról és a küldetésről. Nem számít azonban környezete heves reakciójára: barátaitól és szerelmétől négy madártollat kap, amelyek a gyávaságot jelképezik. Leendő apósa is kitagadja. Nincs más hátra, mint közben foglyul ejtett barátait kiszabadítania. Kalandos utakon elindul Kartúmba egy helybéli magányos harcos, Abou Fatma (Djimon Hounsou) segítségével.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Heath Ledger as Harry Faversham
• Wes Bentley as Jack Durrance
• Djimon Hounsou as Abou Fatma
• Kate Hudson as Ethne Eustace
• Rupert Penry-Jones as Tom Willoughby
• Kris Marshall as Edward Castleton
• Michael Sheen as William Trench
• Alex Jennings as Colonel Hamilton
• James Cosmo as Colonel Sutch
• Angela Douglas as Aunt Mary
• Tim Pigott-Smith as General Faversham
• Lucy Gordon as Isabelle
• James Hillier as Drunken Corporal