

Field Punishment No.1
2014-04-22 · 90 min · ★ 7.8
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.
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- Directors
- Peter Burger
- Production companies
- Lippy Pictures
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Fraser BrownArchibald Baxter
Michael WhalleyWilliam Little
Byron CollMark Briggs
Damien AverySandy Baxter
Victoria AbbottSophie
Colin MoySergeant Bolton
Andrew RoberttLieutenant-Colonel CMO
Joseph RyeLieutenant Nessam
Jason HodzelmansJohn Baxter
Tim CarlsenJames
Richard ChapmanLawrence Kirwan
Daniel ClearyOld Soldier
Barry DuffieldDunkirk Warder
Robert HartleySam
Stephen HunterAussie Bill
Tama JarmanHugh
Eli KentGarth Ballantyne
Phil PeletonDoctor Claude Brissaud
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