Schindler's List
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Film / 2008
Walter's War
Directed by
Alrick Riley
Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him
The story
Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him
Cast
O-T FagbenleWalter Tull
David OakesOswald Hennessey
Kwame Kwei-ArmahDaniel Tull
Zac FoxYoung Soldier
Michael WildmanEdward Tull
Julian ForsythRev. Dr. Stevenson
Ewan StewartSgt Fuller
Dugald Bruce LockhartCapt. Coombes
Christian RoePte William Cooper
Chris StarkiePte. Sebastian Wills
Hamish MacDougallPte. Christopher Hummins
Jonathan CullenLt. Col. Baxter
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