Bride of War

Synopsis

A true story of love, bravery and endurance. A Welsh guardsman, John Elwyn, is captured in the first year of the Second World War, and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. Young and fearless, he refuses to submit to imprisonment and, driven by a burning desire to be free, he escapes again and again, only to be recaptured each time.





But this is not only a war-time escape story. John falls in love with a beautiful Polish girl, Celinka, and the couple are married in a secret wedding ceremony on Christmas Eve. In the turmoil of war, their happiness cannot last and the two are separated within hours of their marriage. Tragically, Celinka is already fatally ill. Her death binds the young soldier to the Polish cause and he joins the Polish Freedom Fighters and fights alongside his adopted countrymen until he is captured again - only to make one last desperate bid to escape.

Details

Year

1998

Type of film

Features

Running Time

112 mins

Format

35mm

Director

Peter Edwards

Producer

Dafydd Huw Williams,

Director of Photography

Ryzard Lenczewski

Principal Cast

Huw Garmon and Anna Wojcikiewicz

Screen Writers

David Joss Buckley, Jacek Kondacki

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005