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- BFI identifier733181
- Date1987 (Copyright)
1987-08-23 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisHistorical drama. In the 1830's a group of six Dorset farm workers formed a union in an attempt to win a fair wage for a fair day's work. They called a strike and were arrested and sentenced to be transported to Australia for seven years. They became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs. (Synopsis)
- Work historySubtitle reads: 'A lanternist's account of the Tolpuddle martyrs and what became of them.'
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- CreditsDirected by: Bill Douglas
©: National Film Trustee Company Ltd
Production Company: Skreba Films
view all - CastRobin Soans (George Loveless) the Tolpuddle martyrs
William Gaminara (James Loveless) the Tolpuddle martyrs
Stephen Bateman (old Stanfield) the Tolpuddle martyrs
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Title
Comrades (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7CE1-1518-26B0-9E5C-D63D-HCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsEphemera: publicity - PBS-733181
See SIMON RELPH collection for pressbooks. Unfilmed small pressbook held.
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view all - ArticlesSight and Sound v19 n8 August 2009 - DVD ReviewCinema Scope n40 Autumn 2009 - DVD ReviewFilms and Filming n395 August 1987 - ReviewCity Limits n308 27 Aug 1987 - Reviewview all
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