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King and Country 1964 123movies

King and Country 1964 123movies

Go ahead... kill him - you're the only friend he has!Sep. 05, 196485 Min.
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Watch: King and Country 1964 123movies, Full Movie Online – During World War I, the British troops are entrenched at Passchendaele, Belgium. Amongst the volunteers, there is a young British soldier, Private Arthur James Hamp (Sir Tom Courtenay), who is the sole survivor of his original company. Hamp spent three years in the trenches, and this makes him a veteran. He has never been accused of cowardice, but one day, he simply decides to leave the war behind him and walk all the way home to Britain. In Calais, France, he is challenged by a Military Police patrol, who promptly arrests him for leaving without permission. Hamp’s commanding officers decide to convene a court-martial and charge him with desertion. If found guilty, Hamp could be shot by a firing squad. Captain Hargreaves (Sir Dirk Bogarde) is assigned to be Hamp’s defending attorney, but he seems skeptical about the deserter’s chances of acquittal. During their first talk, Captain Hargreaves is impressed by his client’s utter sincerity and naivete. He learns that his client volunteered on a dare by his friends back home, spent three years in the front-line trenches, remained sole survivor of his company, and that he decided to leave the war and return home. When Hargreaves asks Hamp why he decided to leave the war, Hamp simply says that he got tired of watching his comrades die, and that the noises of war made him sick. On top of that, Hamp argued he received news from home about his wife’s unfaithfulness. All of these reasons made him want to leave the war behind and return home to England. Captain Hargreaves remains unsympathetic. The military doctor’s report indicated that deserter Hamp does not suffer from shell-shock and Captain Hargreaves accepts that fact. However, suspecting that his client’s case is a more complex and peculiar case, Captain Hargreaves believes that Hamp is not responsible for his actions. He prepares the best he can for the upcoming court-martial..
Plot: During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Smart Tags: #world_war_one #military_trial #british_army #dying_young #cynicism #anger #captain_the_military_rank #inhumanity #letter_of_condolence #brutality #passchendaele_belgium #private_the_military_rank #cowardice #anti_war #calais_france #arrest #military_police #awol_absent_without_leave #naivete #attorney #sole_survivor


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Grimly powerful King and Country unrelenting.
Like the incessant rain King and Country mired in mud and military litigation is a non stop emotionally powerful film of human spirit crushed by mechanized war and the necessity to maintain order. It’s a chaotic Paths of Glory closer to the front and just as unjust.

After repeated shellings and engagements with the enemy Pvt. Hamp (Tom Courtnay) is arrested trying to walk back to England from the battlefields of Europe. Put on trial for desertion he and his lawyer Captain Hargreaves (Dirk Borgarde) devise a plan to attempt to save him from the firing squad. With shelling in the distance court convenes.

A filmed play with much shot in close-up along with a smooth and unobtrusive camera movement within the claustrophobic confines of the trenches ( with some telling stills) King and Country is an unrelenting depiction of absurd sacrifice stopping only for a moment to exterminate one with those around him scheduled for the same per order to immediately move out.

Director Losey’s anti war tract is one of the most sober and ultimately powerful of an era when anti-war films flourished with wild absurdities from King of Hearts to How I Won the War. His inquisitors drab bureaucrats instead of ogres his stage a rat infested quagmire instead of a chess board floor of a French Château the film resonates with a callous, hopeless and to add insult to injury clumsy rush to justice.

Bogarde’s Hargreaves is measured and restrained, his pauses and glances masking incertitude brilliantly. Coutrtnay is outstanding as the born to lose Hamp. Both touching and frustrating he states his case with a warped benign logic. Leo Mc Kern’s hostile doctor also register’s in a gruff way.

King and Country may not match the scale of All Quiet on the Western Front or Paths of Glory but Losey’s deft and tight handling within it’s limited confine packs every bit as an emotional punch.

Review By: st-shot
Cold Feet or Shell Shock?
Memorable but Overshadowed by Bigger more Expansive WWI Anti-War Movies like Paths of Glory (1957) and Others going as Far Back as 1930 with All Quiet on the Western Front, this is Nonetheless a Striking Example of a Filmed Play Using Still Photos and some Subtle but Effective Cinema Techniques like Dissolves.

It is a Downbeat Affair that one would Expect from such Material and the Comedic Touches of the Bored and Drenched Trench Combatants Playing with Rats makes more of a Pathetic Statement about the Mental Disintegration of All the Soldiers and not just the Ones who Snap and go for a Walk back to England.

The Film doesn’t say Anything New on the Futility or the Mismanagement of the War to End All Wars, but Rather Reiterates the Ridiculousness of an On Field Court Martial with Little Substance to Prosecute on Hand as Everyone on Both Sides of the Mock Trial tries to Verbalize that which No Words can Describe.

The Movie has Many Touches of Symbolism and the Final Scene is Unforgettable. The Movie was Mostly Forgotten but has been Rediscovered along with a Newfound Appreciation for Director Joseph Losey’s Work. He is one of the those that Contemporaneously was Ignored but has since Gained a Cult Following.

Review By: LeonLouisRicci

Other Information:

Original Title King and Country
Release Date 1964-09-05
Release Year 1964

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 28 min (88 min), 1 hr 28 min (88 min) (Canada), 1 hr 26 min (86 min) (USA), 1 hr 29 min (89 min) (Argentina)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, War
Director Joseph Losey
Writer Evan Jones, John Wilson, J.L. Hodson
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern
Country United Kingdom
Awards Nominated for 4 BAFTA 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Movielab
Film Length 2,385 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

King and Country 1964 123movies
King and Country 1964 123movies
Original title King and Country
TMDb Rating 7.078 45 votes

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