The Four Feathers

Name: The Four Feathers
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Released: 2002-09-08
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 6.638

★ 6,6 /10 (606 Votes)

2002 EN 132 min

Overview

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

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Release date

08/09/2002

Votes

606

Popularity

3.9

Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves.

Genres

Action Adventure Drama Romance War

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

132 min

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$29,882,645

Heath Ledger

Harry Faversham

Wes Bentley

Jack Durrance

Kate Hudson

Ethne Eustace

Djimon Hounsou

Abou Fatma

Alex Jennings

Colonel Hamilton

Michael Sheen

William Trench

Lucy Gordon

Isabelle

James Cosmo

Col. Sutch

Angela Douglas

Aunt Mary

Daniel Caltagirone

Gustave

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Mohamed Bouich

Sudanese Storyteller

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Campbell Brown

Dervish Ansar

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Andy Coumbe

Colonel Other Regiment

Karim Doukkali

Egyptian Orderly

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Megan Hall

Millie

James Hillier

Drunken Corporal

Nick Holder

British Lion

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Alexandra Kabi

Woman in Red Veil

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Julio Lewis

Saadi

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Craig McDonald

Wounded Captain

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Lionel Mahop

Dervish Captain

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Richard Manlove

British Corporal

Kris Marshall

Edward Castleton

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Manar Mohamed

Youssef

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Marouazi Mohammed

Dervish Sniper

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Nider Mohamed

Mullah

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Anna Diafe Ndiaye

Dinka Slavegirl

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Medoune Ndiaye

Gentle Faced Porter

Deobia Oparei

Idris-Es-Saier

Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni

Hassan

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Charles Pemberton

Impressario

Rupert Penry-Jones

Tom Willoughby

Tim Pigott-Smith

General Feversham

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Mohamed Quatib

Ibrahim

Laila Rouass

Maya

Hugh Ross

Regimental Priest

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Thioumbe Samb

Dinka Slavegirl

Mark Tonderai

Egyptian Orderly

Alek Wek

Aquol

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Alex Zorbas

Egyptian Orderly

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Bruce Lawrence

British Soldier

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Rhidian Bridge

British Soldier (uncredited)

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Gary Bunn

British Soldier (uncredited)

Christian Coulson

Drummer Boy (uncredited)

James Embree

British Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Natalie Hallam

High Class Lady (uncredited)

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Hugo Hedley

British Troop (uncredited)

Serena Lorien

Crying Widow (uncredited)

Cassie Newby

Period Dancer (uncredited)

Benjamin Uttley

General Wolseley's Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)

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***Brits fighting Sudanese rebels in 1884 with Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson*** Based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason, a greenhorn British regiment in 1884 is commissioned to Egyptian-ruled Sudan to fight Mahdi rebels. A young officer, Harry (Heath Ledger), unexpectedly resigns and is shamed as a coward by his three best friends (e.g. Wes Bentley) and fiancée (Kate Hudson). After the negative fallout he goes to Sudan undercover to hopefully redeem his honor. "The Four Feathers" (2002) is similar to Victorian-Brits-fighting-in-Africa flicks like “Zulu” (1964) and “Khartoum” (1966…

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**An elegant, visually beautiful, historically well-made film, but very clean of all the controversies it could address.** The novel “The Four Feathers” has been adapted for film several times, since the days of silent films. Before seeing this film, I had seen a 1939 version, and the similarities of both films are almost as striking as their differences. Which one will be the closest to the original novel? I don't know, I haven't read the novel, but I'd bet more on the older version. I don't know if it's really worth talking about the script: Harry Faversham, a young British son of a ge…

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The loved-up "Harry' (Heath Legder) does the unthinkable and resigns his military commission just as his regiment is about to go into action in North Africa. He thinks of his motives as thoroughly honourable - staying to be with new affianced "Ethne" (Kate Hudson). Sadly for him, though, just about everyone else thinks he has gone a bit yellow and deliver him the ultimate symbol of cowardice - a single white feather attached to their card. It's only his friend "Jack" (Wes Bentley) who has some sympathy but when the soldiers leave, "Jack" is completely ostracised - even by his love. He isn't a …

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