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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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90 min
2014-04-22
Released
English
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8
Archibald Baxter
William Little
Mark Briggs
Sandy Baxter
Sophie
Sergeant Bolton
Lieutenant-Colonel CMO
Lieutenant Nessam
John Baxter
James
Lawrence Kirwan
Old Soldier
Dunkirk Warder
Goldie
Sam
Aussie Bill
Hugh
Garth Ballantyne
Doctor Claude Brissaud
Lieutenant-Colonel
Terry
Peter
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