The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.
Acting
Jenny Seagrove's restrained grief breaks you slowly.
Production
Jersey locations ground the historical stakes.
Director
Christopher Menaul
Jenny Seagrove
Louisa Gould
Julian Kostov
Feodor Burriy aka 'Bill'
John Hannah
Arthur Forster
Amanda Abbington
Ivy Forster
Nicholas Farrell
De La Haye
Ronan Keating
Harold Le Druillenec
Félicité Du Jeu
Nicole
Susan Hampshire
Elena
Brenock O'Connor
Rex Forster
Peter Wight
Rene
Gwen Taylor
Lily Vibert
Joanna David
Maude Vibert
Andy Gathergood
Mattie
Sophie Skelton
Jess
Izzy Meikle-Small
Annie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ronan Keating took the small role as a personal favor to director Menaul, having previously worked with him on a short film.
The Channel Islands were the only British territory occupied by Nazi Germany, a deliberately buried history that this film finally dramatizes.
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