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The Four Feathers is a 2002 war drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson. Set during the British Army's Gordon Relief Expedition (late 1884 to early 1885) in Sudan, well after the formation of Mahdiyya, it tells the story of a young man accused of cowardice.
The Four Feathers follows the life and adventures of a young British officer named Harry Feversham. Coming from a long line of soldiers, Harry is expected to succeed his father General Feversham in embracing a career of military life and war glories.
The story focuses on Harry Feversham, a young man who was driven by his father's wishes and society's expectations into a career of a British officer. Inheriting his mother's delicacy, Harry grew up alienated from societal norms he could not adhere to.
Harry Feversham is a British Army officer. When his regiment is sent to fight in the Sudan, he resigns his commission. His three closest friends and fellow officers view him as a coward and each send him a white feather, a symbol of cowardice. His fiancée has the same view and does the same.
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Plot summary. British officer Harry Feversham resigns from his commission in the Royal North Surrey Regiment just before Lord Wolseley's 1882 expedition to Egypt to suppress the rising of Colonel Ahmed Orabi.
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Sep 20, 2002 · Director Shekar Kapur's The Four Feathers is, for all intents and purposes, an epic. It has Victorian grandeur, an elegant love story and, a foremost ingredient, armies charging across the...
