The Wipers Times
Synopsis
In the bombed-out ruins of Ypres in 1916, Captain Fred Roberts and Lieutenant Jack Pearson discovered a printing press. They used it to produce The Wipers Times - a humorous, satirical and subversive trench newspaper which proved hugely popular with soldiers - though not entirely with their superior officers.
Braving constant bombardment and bitter fighting, The Wipers Times survived the Somme and made it through to the end of the war. Roberts and Pearson were highly decorated - yet were unrecognised in their lifetime. The Wipers Times is a story of the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Details
- Year
- 2013
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 92 mins
- Director
- Andy De Emmony
- Producer
- David Parfitt
- Executive Producer
- Martin Davidson, Ivan Mactaggart
- Editor
- Stephen O'Connell
- Screenwriter
- Ian Hislop, Nick Newman
- Director of Photography
- Mark Garrett
- Production Designer
- Ashleigh Jeffers
- Music
- Nick Green
- Principal Cast
- Ben Chaplin, Patrick Fitzsymons, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Palin, Steve Oram, Emilia Fox
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 24th February 2014
