Resistance (2011 film)
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Resistance is a 2011 Welsh
film based on the novel of the same name
by Owen Sheers
. It is scheduled to have a UK release on 25 November 2011 .
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
film based on the novel of the same name
Resistance (Owen Sheers novel)
Resistance is a novel by Welsh poet and author Owen Sheers. The plot centres around the inhabitants of a valley near Abergavenny in Wales in 1944–45, shortly after the failure of Operation Overlord and a successful German counter-invasion of Britain , and a group of German Wehrmacht soldiers who...
by Owen Sheers
Owen Sheers
Owen Sheers is a Welsh poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter.-Biography:Owen Sheers was born in Suva, Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales...
. It is scheduled to have a UK release on 25 November 2011 .
Cast
- Andrea RiseboroughAndrea Riseborough-Early life:Riseborough grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites"....
- Sarah - Michael SheenMichael SheenMichael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
- Tommy Atkins - Kimberley NixonKimberley NixonKimberley Nixon is a Welsh actress.-Early and personal life:Born in Bristol, Nixon and her six brothers were brought up in Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School.In October 2011 Nixon was announced by Wales Online as number one in...
- Bethan - Iwan Rheon - George
- Stanislav IanevskiStanislav IanevskiStanislav Ianevski is a Bulgarian actor, known for playing Viktor Krum in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.Ianevski was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and has lived in England and Israel. While attending Mill Hill School in the United Kingdom, Ianevski had no particular acting...
- Bernhardt - Anatole TaubmanAnatole TaubmanAnatole Taubman is a Swiss actor, who has appeared in many films, such as a henchman in the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace and as the monk Remigius in the TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth.-References:...
- Sebald - Tom WlaschihaTom Wlaschiha- Biography :Born in Dohna , Wlaschiha followed his Abitur with acting training at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig from 1992 to 1996, and attended the Conservatoire pour les Arts Liège in 1994....
- Albrecht - Alexander Doetsch - Steiner
- Sharon MorganSharon MorganSharon Morgan is a Welsh actress of stage and screen, currently based in Cardiff. She was brought up in the village of Llandyfaelog...
- Maggie - Mossie Smith - Ruth
- James MorganJames Morgan (actor)James Morgan is a Welsh stage and television actor. He was brought up in the former mining town of Maesteg in South Wales, where he began acting at the age of ten.-Stage:...
- - George TaylorGeorge TaylorGeorge Taylor may refer to:*George Taylor , soldier in Texas army, died in the Battle of the Alamo*George Taylor , see List of Sydney Swans players...
- Gernot - Nia Gwynne - Sian
- Kerry Hutchinson - Gestapo Officer, radio announcer