Directed by:
Ben LewinScreenplay:
Ben LewinCinematography:
Vincent MontonComposer:
Greg SneddonCast:
Bob Hoskins, Kirk Alexander, John Meillon, Julia Blake, Alex Menglet, Stephen Kearney, Max Bruch, Warren Mitchell, Simon Chilvers, Joseph Fürst, Steven Vidler (more)Plots(1)
Dunera Boys is all the more incredible when one realizes that it is founded in truth. At the beginning of the second World War, the English government sanctioned the arrest of any German nationals suspected of being spies. Among these was a group of Jewish refugees, as well as several completely assimilated British subjects. Fishmonger Bob Hoskins, who despite his Germanic background is as British as they come, is rounded up along with the other "undesirables," herded aboard the HMT Dunera, and shipped off to a POW camp in Australia. This lumpy but involving film details Hoskins' futile efforts to make the best of his bizarre plight. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bob Hoskins
UK
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Kirk Alexander
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John Meillon
Australia
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Julia Blake
UK
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Alex Menglet
Soviet Union
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Stephen Kearney
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Max Bruch
Best movies:
Lucky Break (1994)
Warren Mitchell
UK
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Simon Chilvers
UK
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Joseph Fürst
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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Steven Vidler
Australia
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Wyn Roberts
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Henry Maas
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Bruno Lucia
Australia
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