Rent Comrades (1987)
3.8 of 5 from 81 ratings
2h 55min
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- Synopsis:
- The epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s as punishment for their trade union activities.
- Actors:
- Keith Allen, Dave Atkins, Stephen Bateman, Katy Behean, Mark Brown, Michael Clark, Lynette Curran, Joanna David, Philip Davis, Arthur Dignam, Patrick Field, Jeremy Flynn, James Fox, William Gaminara, John Hargreaves, Michael Hordern, Freddie Jones, John Rafter Lee, Alex McCrindle, Murray Melvin
- Directors:
- Bill Douglas
- Writers:
- Bill Douglas
- Studio:
- PIAS
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Vanessa Redgrave, Top 10 Award Winners at the London Film Festival, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/07/2009
- Run Time:
- 182 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, French, German, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Lanterna Magicka - Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema (2009, 60 mins)
- Visions of: Comrades (2009, 15 mins): cast-members' recollections
- Exclusive Bill Douglas interviews (1978, 33 mins)
- News report from the set of Comrades
- Original Comrades trailer
- Home and Away (Michael Alexander, 1974, 30 mins) Co-Scripted by Douglas
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes the special features
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Reviews (1) of Comrades
A brilliant epic of British history - Comrades review by TE
It's a rare privilege to see such committed and uncompromising film-making as this.
Bill Douglas is best known for his landmark 'Trilogy', a series of three brilliant, stark b/w films about his childhood and early adulthood. 'Comrades' is his only other completed work.
'Comrades' is 3 hours long, but it doesn't feel like it. This is in part due to the two-part structure. The first half is set in Tolpuddle in Dorset, and the second half is set in Australia, where the six men were unjustly exiled for attempting to better their working conditions.
The film is historically accurate. The one surprise is the memorable beauty of many of the scenes, a very different aspect to the severity of the 'Trilogy'.
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