The Last Witness
Synopsis
Stephen’s lover is Jeanette Mitchell, a Junior Commander in the Auxiliary Territorial Service working under Captain John Underwood, Stephen’s brother. Trapped in a marriage of convenience with a military intelligence officer, she shares Stephen’s dream of escape. It is during one of their clandestine meetings that Stephen witnesses a confrontation between a local farmer and Michael Loboda, a new arrival at the Camp, during which Loboda lets slip that he is Russian... not Polish.
Sensing a twist, Stephen questions Loboda to find out why he is posing as a Polish refugee. Loboda reacts aggressively but tries to give nothing further away. Later, unbeknownst to Loboda, Stephen discovers he is hiding a small cash-box containing a blood stained diary...
From here, Stephen’s investigation escalates as he finds himself embroiled in a dangerous, multi-layered conspiracy concerning the execution of 22,000 Polish military and civilians by Stalin’s secret police.
This is a fictional re-imagining of a bloody, heart-breaking, true tale. One that has been covered up for far too long.
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Director
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Piotr Szkopiak
- Producer
- Carol Harding
- Co-Producer
- Alex Pettyfer, Krzysztof Solek
- Executive Producer
- Grant Bradley, Laurence Brown, Steve Hodges, Maggie Monteith, Chris Reed
- Editor
- Jo Dixon
- Screenwriter
- Piotr Szkopiak, Paul Szambowski
- Director of Photography
- Edward Ames
- Principal cast
- Alex Pettyfer, Talulah Riley, Michael Gambon, Robert Wieckiewicz
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Vicarious Dreams Ltd
Hope HouseHope Farm
Edvin Loach
Bromyard
Herefordshire
HR7 4PW
Sales Company
GFM FILMS LLP
Claudia Ramos10 Coda Studios
189 Munster Road
London
SW6 6AW
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