

Overview
In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them. This is their story.
Top Cast

Fraser Brown
Archibald Baxter

Michael Whalley
William Little

Byron Coll
Mark Briggs

Damien Avery
Sandy Baxter

Victoria Abbott
Sophie

Colin Moy
Sergeant Bolton

Andrew Robertt
Lieutenant-Colonel CMO

Joseph Rye
Lieutenant Nessam

Jason Hodzelmans
John Baxter

Tim Carlsen
James

Richard Chapman
Lawrence Kirwan

Daniel Cleary
Old Soldier
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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