One of three films with the same title at the Hewlett Library. This one takes place in England and Turkey during 1915. A batallion is raised from the staff that works at the royal house in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, and goes to fight in Gallipoli, Turkey. Despite their excellent training, the soldiers are unprepared for the extreme heat, and without ample supplies, including accurate maps. In the end, they enter a battle where they are routed. The film shows many British soldiers being massacred, shot in the head. Turks sure don't come off well.Maggie Smith plays Queen Alexandra with her usual aplomb. David Jason plays Captain Frank Beck, the Sandringham estate manager, a favorite of the Queen, whom, at first, is denied passage to the fighting by King George (Georgie, his mother, Alexandra, calls him).
Nicely done.
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