| Comrades | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Comrades_DVD_cover.jpg) British 2009 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bill Douglas |
| Written by | Bill Douglas |
| Produced by | Simon Relph |
| Starring | Keith Allen |
| Cinematography | Gale Tattersall |
| Edited by | Mick Audsley |
Production companies | Skreba Films FilmFour International |
| Distributed by | Curzon Film Distributors |
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Running time | 183 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £3,010,000[1] |
Comrades is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Bill Douglas and starring an ensemble cast including Robin Soans, Phil Davis, Keith Allen, Robert Stephens, Vanessa Redgrave and James Fox. Through the pictures of a travelling lanternist, it depicts the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who were arrested and transported to Australia in 1834 for trying to improve their conditions by forming an early form of trade union.[2] It was Bill Douglas's last film.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 21.
- ^ BFI Screenonline: Comrades (1986) Retrieved 2012-11-07