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Two Englishmen and three Germans. They are all at war and they are all killers. Partly driven by their own attitudes, and partly by the mechanisms of war, they acknowledge that other laws prevail. In this view both parties are “heroes” and “villains.” They have shot one another down.

I see COMRADE as an anti-war movie, this time with a German officer as the main character and hero. It’s an anti-war movie because, on the one hand, it shows that human beings are similar if they only get a chance to show it. On the other hand, we can see that the mechanisms and conceptions of war have the ability to destroy what human beings are able to build together.

Rupert will begin filming in Norway shortly and is slated to play the gunner, Robin Southey Smith.

British Royal Navy Gunner PRIVATE ROBIN SOUTHEY SMITH is a true wise guy, pulled straight from the streets of Liverpool. Smith’s obnoxious behavior partially obscures the fact that, deep down, he’s a good man and a dedicated friend.

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