Drama ·War · United Kingdom · 1962 · 1h 29m

Private Potter

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Director

Cast

Tom Courtenay as Pvt. Potter Ronald Fraser as Doctor James Maxwell as Lt. Col. Harry Gunyon Frank Finlay as Capt. Patterson Michael Coles as Pvt. Robertson Mogens Wieth as Yannis

Crew

Ronald Harwood — Screenplay Casper Wrede — Screenplay Ben Arbeid — Producer

Synopsis

A military mission is interrupted when a British soldier claims that God had appeared to him in a transcendental vision.

Mood & Themes

british army cowardice military court religion belief in god british soldier court martial naxos greece 1950s fear of dying fear of death psychiatric treatment

Key Collaborators

Casper Wrede Director Ronald Harwood Screenplay Casper Wrede Screenplay Ben Arbeid Producer

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