Soldier and Me - 2-DVD Set ( Soldier & Me )

Soldier and Me - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Soldier & Me
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
216 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Carol Wilks

Written By:
David Line

Actors:
Richard Willis ..... Istvan 'Soldier' Szolda
Gerry Sundquist ..... Jim Woolcott (9 episodes, 1974)
Constantine Gregory ..... Henchman Smiler
Richard Ireson ..... Henchman Greasy (9 episodes, 1974)
Milos Kirek ..... The Boss
Derrick O'Connor ..... Driver
Sally Sanders ..... Mrs. Woolcott (4 episodes, 1974)

Synopsis:

A memorable and much-sought-after drama series from the mid-1970s, this ruggedly authentic thriller chronicles the sinister events that happen to two boys in Britain following the 1968 Prague Spring uprising. Adapting David Line's bestseller Run for Your Life, Soldier and Me was directed by Carol Wilks, a former World in Action researcher/director. It won the BAFTA award for Children's Drama. Pavel Szolda is a young Czech refugee living in the north of England; a bespectacled outsider at a tough school, he is befriended by the more streetwise Jim, who nicknames him 'Soldier'. After overhearing some of his countrymen plotting murder, Soldier involves Jim in secretly observing the conspirators' movements. But when they are discovered, the teenagers are forced to flee for their lives relentlessly pursued across open country by seemingly ruthless gunmen...

Soldier and Me is a children's television series from the mid-1970s. Made by Granada television, and shot entirely on film and mostly on location, it's an expensively-produced thriller, and it stands up today as cracking drama. Although made for children and young adults at the time (we'd guess a 10-16 demographic), David Line's intelligent script transcends its target audience (with an expansive story that incorporates the fallout of the Czechoslovakian uprising) and leaves this action adventure series appealing to contemporary lovers of classic British TV.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.