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Absent Without Leave

A True Story of Love, Conscience and Duty

7 average rating
7
English / 104 MIN. / 1993

The Genres

The Synopsis

In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.

The Cast

Craig McLachlanKatrina HobbsTony BarryJudie DouglassKen BlackburnTony BurtonFrancis BellRobyn MalcolmDavid CopelandDesmond KellyRebecca HobbsJoan FosterMark HadlowJed BrophyStephen Gledhill

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