Behind Enemy Lines
Synopsis
Britain's well-founded fear of defeat at the beginning of the Second World War led to the creation of an elite force to combat the enemy by any means necessary – the Commandos.
The only prerequisites to joining were independence, imagination and a sense of adventure. Inevitably, these criteria gave rise to a collection of misfits and buccaneers who operated outside conventional military rules and who were characterised by their unequivocal acceptance that one day, they would die for their country. Amazingly effective and spine-chillingly brutal, Commandos were widely seen as the 'cream of the crop'. Behind Enemy Lines combines the testimony of over 100 survivors with stylised reconstruction and film archive to stunning effect. This entralling three-part account of the soldiers who specialised in the dangerous, the unorthadox and even the unfair brings new meaning to our ideas of loyalty and courage.
Duration
4 x 60'
Definition
SD
Genre
History
Subgenre
Factual
Producer
WINDFALL FILMS LTD