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* CreatorBacklash: Bobby Calloway doesn't look too fondly on his performance, finding it to be among his weakest.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: James Mackenzie was turned down for the role of Benjmain for being too tall, so he took the small role of the sentry at the end.
* CreatorBacklash: Bobby Calloway doesn't look too fondly on his performance, finding it to be among his weakest. He does however affirm he loved making the film and thinks it's great.
* CreatorBacklash: Bobby Calloway doesn't look too fondly on his performance, finding it to be among his weakest. He does however affirm he loved making the film and thinks it's great.
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* DawsonCasting: Benjamin says he's eighteen. Bobby Calloway was 26.
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* CreatorBacklash: Bobby Calloway doesn't look too fondly on his performance, finding it to be among his weakest.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Andrew [=McNeill=] calls the scene where Benjamin and Otto have a heart-to-heart his favorite that he's acted in so far.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Andrew [=McNeill=] calls the scene where Benjamin and Otto have a heart-to-heart his favorite that he's acted in so far.
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* LoopingLines: James Mackenzie had to loop his lines in the final scene, due to audio problems in the footage.
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** The part of Benjamin was written for another actor who moved back to England. James Mackenzie was interested in the part but was deemed too tall and imposing for such a vulnerable character.
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** James [=McKenzie=] as the sentry at the end. With the exception of Andy Watson (the sergeant), the rest of the soldiers are played by Northern Irish actors too.
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** James [=McKenzie=] Mackenzie as the sentry at the end. With the exception of Andy Watson (the sergeant), the rest of the soldiers are played by Northern Irish actors too.
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** Also the third time - after ''Bloody Secrets'' and ''Belfast Calibre 9'' - that Andrew [=McNeill=] and James [=McKenzie=] [[spoiler: have fought in the climax. Each time James wins]].
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** Also the third time - after ''Bloody Secrets'' and ''Belfast Calibre 9'' - that Andrew [=McNeill=] and James [=McKenzie=] Mackenzie [[spoiler: have fought in the climax. Each time James wins]].
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* ActingForTwo: Andrew Watson plays both a sergeant at the beginning, and another soldier near the end.
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** Both actors listened to music in the morning to get into character - Andy to Imperial German music from the period, Bobby to the soundtrack of ''Film/DarlingLili''...
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The film's first screening was the weekend commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the Armistice.
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** Thomas Pollock told Bobby Calloway to push Andrew McNeill during their argument scene, to get a genuine reaction out of him.
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** Thomas Pollock told Bobby Calloway to push Andrew McNeill [=McNeill=] during their argument scene, to get a genuine reaction out of him.
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** Otto was scripted to throw Benjamin his canteen. In rehearsals Andrew [=McNeill=] handed it over gently instead, and Bobby Calloway likewise improvised handing
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** Otto was scripted to throw Benjamin his canteen. In rehearsals Andrew [=McNeill=] handed it over gently instead, and Bobby Calloway likewise improvised handing
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Northern Ireland doubles for France.
* CastTheExpert:
** Andrew Watson - who plays Benjamin's sergeant - is an actual army sergeant.
** Darrell Wilson who plays another of the soldiers previously worked as a World War I re-enactor and was able to act as an on-set consultant.
* DawsonCasting: Benjamin says he's eighteen. Bobby Calloway was 26.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Andrew [=McNeill=] normally sports a mustache, and shaved it off for the opening scene.
** Assistant director Patrick Tazzioli had to jump on camera to play a British soldier - getting a haircut and shaving his beard off for it.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Andrew [=McNeill=] kept a little separate from everyone else to simulate Otto's feelings of isolation.
** Thomas Pollock told Bobby Calloway to push Andrew McNeill during their argument scene, to get a genuine reaction out of him.
* FakeBrit:
** James [=McKenzie=] as the sentry at the end. With the exception of Andy Watson (the sergeant), the rest of the soldiers are played by Northern Irish actors too.
** Downplayed by Bobby Calloway who has Irish parents but was born in England.
* FakeNationality: Andrew [=McNeill=] (Northern Irish) as the German Otto.
* ShownTheirWork: The artillery did indeed keep firing until 11 o'clock on Armistice Day.
* ThrowItIn:
** Otto was scripted to throw Benjamin his canteen. In rehearsals Andrew [=McNeill=] handed it over gently instead, and Bobby Calloway likewise improvised handing
it back.
** Andrew [=McNeill=]'s coat got torn while filming the final scene. Finding it added to the violence, they drew attention to it in later shots.
** Bobby Calloway's helmet fell off filming the scene where he trips in the forest. They then set up a shot showing the helmet lying on the ground as he is dragged away.
* TypeCasting:
** The third time Bobby Calloway has played a soldier.
** Also the third time - after ''Bloody Secrets'' and ''Belfast Calibre 9'' - that Andrew [=McNeill=] and James [=McKenzie=] [[spoiler: have fought in the climax. Each time James wins]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** A scene was imagined where Otto would have a hallucination of a burning zeppellin crashing down into the forest. Andrew [=McNeill=] quickly realised that would look too weird and didn't include it.
** Alternate ending ideas included [[spoiler: Otto in a POW camp with other Germans, some of whom would foreshadow World War II]] or else [[spoiler: reuniting with Emily in England, while still being disrespected by other people]].
* WordOfSaintPaul: Bobby Calloway named [[spoiler: the soldiers in the final scene - Johnny (the one who attacks Otto), Mikey (the one who points his gun looking for other Germans), Steve and Alan (the two who help him onto the stretcher)]].
* CastTheExpert:
** Andrew Watson - who plays Benjamin's sergeant - is an actual army sergeant.
** Darrell Wilson who plays another of the soldiers previously worked as a World War I re-enactor and was able to act as an on-set consultant.
* DawsonCasting: Benjamin says he's eighteen. Bobby Calloway was 26.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Andrew [=McNeill=] normally sports a mustache, and shaved it off for the opening scene.
** Assistant director Patrick Tazzioli had to jump on camera to play a British soldier - getting a haircut and shaving his beard off for it.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Andrew [=McNeill=] kept a little separate from everyone else to simulate Otto's feelings of isolation.
** Thomas Pollock told Bobby Calloway to push Andrew McNeill during their argument scene, to get a genuine reaction out of him.
* FakeBrit:
** James [=McKenzie=] as the sentry at the end. With the exception of Andy Watson (the sergeant), the rest of the soldiers are played by Northern Irish actors too.
** Downplayed by Bobby Calloway who has Irish parents but was born in England.
* FakeNationality: Andrew [=McNeill=] (Northern Irish) as the German Otto.
* ShownTheirWork: The artillery did indeed keep firing until 11 o'clock on Armistice Day.
* ThrowItIn:
** Otto was scripted to throw Benjamin his canteen. In rehearsals Andrew [=McNeill=] handed it over gently instead, and Bobby Calloway likewise improvised handing
it back.
** Andrew [=McNeill=]'s coat got torn while filming the final scene. Finding it added to the violence, they drew attention to it in later shots.
** Bobby Calloway's helmet fell off filming the scene where he trips in the forest. They then set up a shot showing the helmet lying on the ground as he is dragged away.
* TypeCasting:
** The third time Bobby Calloway has played a soldier.
** Also the third time - after ''Bloody Secrets'' and ''Belfast Calibre 9'' - that Andrew [=McNeill=] and James [=McKenzie=] [[spoiler: have fought in the climax. Each time James wins]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** A scene was imagined where Otto would have a hallucination of a burning zeppellin crashing down into the forest. Andrew [=McNeill=] quickly realised that would look too weird and didn't include it.
** Alternate ending ideas included [[spoiler: Otto in a POW camp with other Germans, some of whom would foreshadow World War II]] or else [[spoiler: reuniting with Emily in England, while still being disrespected by other people]].
* WordOfSaintPaul: Bobby Calloway named [[spoiler: the soldiers in the final scene - Johnny (the one who attacks Otto), Mikey (the one who points his gun looking for other Germans), Steve and Alan (the two who help him onto the stretcher)]].
