Rent Instrument of War (2017)
3.0 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 24min
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- Synopsis:
- "Instrument of War" is an harrowing yet uplifting true story about survival against seemingly impossible odds. When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline (Jack Ashton) is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins - to keep hope alive. Now behind Nazi barbed wire Cline and his fellow POW's must find a way to bond together to try and survive the hell they find themselves in.
- Actors:
- Jack Ashton, Elliot James Langridge, Daniel Betts, Rupert Simonian, Urs Rechn, Andrea Deck, Andreas Wisniewski, Callum McGowan, Barney White, Matthias Zera, Ethan Kai, Ethan Vincent, Christopher Lakewood, Daniel O'Keefe, David Brumberg, Deividas Breive, Elvinas Juodkazis, Edgar Bechter, Jonas Braskys, Maya Kendall
- Directors:
- Adam Thomas Anderegg
- Producers:
- Russ Kendall
- Writers:
- Matt Whitaker
- Studio:
- High Fliers Video Distribution
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
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Reviews (1) of Instrument of War
WWII POW camp drama based on a true story - lovely violin music and really a Christmas movie - Instrument of War review by PV
If I'd had to rate this low-budget WWII film halfway through, it would have got 2 stars. It meanders a bit, with no stand-out characters.
But then something happens - it improves!
The violin theme appears and we have some beautiful Christmas scenes with the violin. Then some character development amongst the US and British POWs and their German/Nazi guards.
Watch this film at Christmas - I'd call it a sort-of Christmas movie really.
It all reminds me of a short story I once read called THE PRAGUE VIOLIN too. In that story and this, the violin an its music is arguably the main character.
The ending shows the real Clair Cline who died in 2000 aged 92. This story is, somewhat incredibly true - they really did manage to make a violin in a POW camp. It's now in a Louisiana museum.
Hated the scene with the cat though.
This is from the same writer who gave us the SAINTS AND SOLDIERS films, with a Christian angle. This thankfully lacks any such preachiness.
3.5 stars rounded up
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