The Four Feathers

Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves.

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Action
Adventure
Drama
Romance
War

Overview

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

Keywords

soldier
battle
military
revenge
murder
bravery
honor
army
escape
british empire
disheartening
church
loyalty
slave
colonialism
britain
islam
sudan
imperialism
white feather

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 8, 2002
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Morocco, United States of America, United Kingdom
Production: Miramax,Paramount,Dune Films,Marty Katz Productions,Jaffilms Inc.,Belhaven Limited,Paramount Pictures
Cast: Hugo Hedley,Mohamed Quatib,Charles Pemberton,Benjamin Uttley,Wes Bentley,Angela Douglas,Megan Hall,Thioumbe Samb,Manar Mohamed,Nick Holderand 40 more
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Hossein Amini,A.E.W. Mason,Michael Schiffer
Producer: Julie Goldstein,Robert Jaffe,Allon Reich,Paul Feldsher,Stanley R. Jaffe,Marty Katz
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Music: James Horner
Budget: $35,000,000
Revenue: $29,882,645
IMDb: tt0240510