Project Detail

Bride of War

Synopsis

A true story of love, bravery and endurance. A Welsh guardsman, John Elwyn, is captured in the first year of the Second World War, and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. Young and fearless, he refuses to submit to imprisonment and, driven by a burning desire to be free, he escapes again and again, only to be recaptured each time.





But this is not only a war-time escape story. John falls in love with a beautiful Polish girl, Celinka, and the couple are married in a secret wedding ceremony on Christmas Eve. In the turmoil of war, their happiness cannot last and the two are separated within hours of their marriage. Tragically, Celinka is already fatally ill. Her death binds the young soldier to the Polish cause and he joins the Polish Freedom Fighters and fights alongside his adopted countrymen until he is captured again - only to make one last desperate bid to escape.

Details

Year
1998
Type of film
Features
Running time
112 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Peter Edwards
Producer
Dafydd Huw Williams,
Director of Photography
Ryzard Lenczewski
Principal cast
Huw Garmon and Anna Wojcikiewicz
Teresa Dworzecka Executive Miroslaw Bork Screen Writers
David Joss Buckley, Jacek Kondacki

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Production Status

Production Company

Lluniau Lliw/4L Productions Ty Cefn Rectory Road, Canton Cardiff Tel: 01222 255630 Fax: 01222 255631

Sales Company

Sgrîn Media Agency for Wales The Bank 10 Mount Square Cardiff Bay Cardiff CF1 6EE Tel: 01222 333300 Fax: 01222 333320 E Mail: sgrin@sgrinwales.demon.co.uk

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