In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them. This is their story.
Casts Fraser Brown, Michael Whalley, Byron Coll, Damien Avery, Victoria Abbott, Colin Moy, Andrew Robertt, Joseph Rye, Jason Hodzelmans, Tim Carlsen
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Only Cloud Knows
Out of the Blue
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IMDB 4 | Dec , 1926
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IMDB 6.1 | May , 1995
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IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1934
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IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1938
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IMDB 0 | May , 1932
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IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 2014
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1979
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Forgotten Men
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1933
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IMDB 5.1 | Jul , 1930
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IMDB 7 | Aug , 1981
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IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2005
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