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Walter's War (2008)
Directed by Alrick Riley
Drama, History, TV Movie, War · 1h 00m
Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him
Cast
O-T Fagbenle
Walter Tull
David Oakes
Oswald Hennessey
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Daniel Tull
Z
Zac Fox
Young Soldier
Michael Wildman
Edward Tull
Julian Forsyth
Rev. Dr. Stevenson
Ewan Stewart
Sgt Fuller
Dugald Bruce Lockhart
Capt. Coombes
C
Christian Roe
Pte William Cooper
C
Chris Starkie
Pte. Sebastian Wills
C
Chris Starkie
Pte. Sebastian Willis
H
Hamish MacDougall
Pte. Christopher Hummins
Crew
- Director
- Alrick Riley
- Writer
- Kwame Kwei-Armah
- Director of Photography
- Kelvin Richard
- Original Music Composer
- Debbie Wiseman
- Editor
- Anthony Combes
- Producer
- Ruth Caleb
Details
- Release date
- 2008-11-09
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Drama, History, TV Movie, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC