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Oct 12, 2012 · With Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Anthony Flanagan, Jack O'Connell, George MacKay. Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life so far and his going to war.
Private Peaceful is a 2012 British war drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Jack O'Connell and George MacKay. It is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo. The film marks the final released performance of Richard Griffiths as well as his last credited film before his death the following year.
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Private Peaceful follows the early life of Tommo Peaceful, and is told from his perspective. The novel alternates back and forth between the present and Tommo’s recollections of the past. The narrative begins in Tommo’s childhood.
Jan 1, 2003 · Adapted from the book jacket: Private Thomas Peaceful has lied about his age and left his family behind to follow his older brother, Charlie, to France to fight in the First World War. Now, Tommo has one almost unendurable night, alone, fighting sleep, to reflect on his life.
During World War I two brothers fall in love with the same woman as they contend with the pressures of family and war.
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