Across Frontiers

Overview

On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside following the country's surrender. The occupying Germans hunted these escapers who were helped and sheltered by the brave and kind Italian Contadini, farmers who put their families and homes at great risk by doing so. Made by a crew of students in Leeds, England with very limited resources and funds, it is based on the director's great-grandfather and his experiences as an escaped British POW in Italy during WWII.

Directed by Zak Jarvis

Top cast

L

Luke Goddard

Ernie

D

Denholm Hewlett

SS Soldier

E

Edward Glendenning

J

Josh Montoro Bailes

K

Kerry Daniele Blacklock

C

Christian Bloch

C

Conor Fleming

S

Scott Rutherford

Harry

Sam Mancuso

Salvatore

G

Gary Huston

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