Top Cast
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Anthony Higgins
Oscar
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Alec Heggie
Frank
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David Graham
Bruno
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Nicholas Sherry
Tony
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George Pravda
Weiss
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James Cossins
Major Lucas
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Finlay Welsh
Braun
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Charles Kearney
Sergeant
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John Langford
Driver
Overview
In June 1940 Italy entered the war alongside Germany. With Britain threatened by a German invasion, thousands of ordinary Italians living in the UK were arrested and thrown into internment camps.
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