Passchendaele (DVD)
Flanders 1917, in 16 days of fighting 5,000 soldiers lost their lives - this is their story
A film by Paul Gross

Winner of Best Picture 2009 Canadian Academy of Cinema

A shell shocked veteran Michael Dunne returns home to Canada where he is assigned to help the on-going recruitment drive needed to feed the war machine. As he recovers from his experiences he falls for Sarah a war nurse whose younger brother cannot enlist due to a medical condition. Desperate to serve his country David uses a fraudulent medical certificate and joins the army. Michael feels he has no option but to follow him back to the Western Front and protect him from harm. Both men are dispatched to the front line of Passchendaele a battle that became synonymous with the misery of the First World War and claimed over 600,000 casualties. 

Format: PAL
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: High Fliers
DVD Release Date: 25 Jan 2010
Run Time: 110 minutes