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Boy Soldier

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A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1987-01-30

Runtime: 99 mins

Director: Karl Francis

Writer: Karl Francis

Spoken language: English, Cymraeg

Genres: Drama

Original title: Boy Soldier

Production Companies: Cine Cymru

Production Countries: United Kingdom

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