Birdsong(2012)
Overview
As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
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Stephen Wraysford
Isabelle Azaire
Captain Gray
Jack Firebrace
Captain Weir
Private Tipper
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