The Execution of Private Slovik

The Execution of Private Slovik (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lamont Johnson

Written By:
William Bradford Huie
Lamont Johnson

Actors:
Martin Sheen ..... Eddie Slovik
Mariclare Costello ..... Antoinette Slovik
Ned Beatty ..... Father Stafford
Gary Busey ..... Jimmy Feedek
Matt Clark ..... Dunn
Ben Hammer ..... Lt. Col. Leacock
Warren J. Kemmerling ..... Maj. Fellman
Charles Haid ..... Brockmeyer
Kathryn Grody ..... Margaret
Paul Lambert ..... Joe Sirelli
Jon Cedar ..... Holloway
Joe George ..... 109th Regiment Sergeant
Laurence Haddon ..... Piper
James Burr Johnson ..... NCO
Tom Ligon ..... Childs

Synopsis:

Eddie Slovik (Martin Sheen) was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War. Despite 49 U.S servicemen being sentenced to death for desertion during World War II, only one execution was actually carried out. Although the custom was to postpone the execution until after the war, then reduce the sentence to a long prison term, thanks to an unfortunate chain of misunderstandings, Slovik ended up dying by gunfire in a lonely French courtyard. Martin Sheen excels in this double Emmy Award winning film of the tragic true story.

Film traces the life of Pte. Eddie Slovik from his time in a Michigan reformatory until his execution for desertion from the American Army in France in 1944.

The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

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