The Four Feathers

A hot cast energizes this thrilling version of A.E.W. Mason’s classic adventure tale. A British army officer is disowned by his family, friends and fiancée after being branded a coward. Determined to redeem his name, he undertakes a dangerous mission in the Sudan., Army officer Harry resigns his commission instead of fighting in the Sudan. His horrified family and friends send him four white feathers – the traditional symbol of cowardice. So Harry disguises himself and heads to Africa for redemption and blood. Adventure., A British officer resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle Sudanese rebels in 1898. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancee give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice, but little do they know he’s actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor., A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice., A British army officer is branded a coward after resigning on the eve of a big battle. After being shunned by friends and his fiancée for his cowardice, the officer volunteers for a dangerous mission to restore his reputation., A.E.W. Mason’s perennially popular tale of honor and adventure is brought to the screen yet again in this lavish period action-drama. In 1884, Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger) is a young officer-in-training in the British Army who is soon to graduate and is expected to be shipped of to the Sudan, where the King’s military are battling Muslim insurgents who are attempting to overturn English colonial rule. Feversham, however, has developed serious ethical reservations about going along, and on the eve of his departure, he resigns his commission. Feversham’s best friend and fellow officer Jack Durrance (Wes Bentley) in response presents him with a white feather (a symbol of cowardice), and two of his classmates follow suit. Ethne Eustace (Kate Hudson), Feversham’s fiancée, presents him with a fourth white feather shortly before breaking off their engagement. Sufficiently humbled, Feversham attempts to win back his honor and the respect of his family and friends by secretly becoming an undercover operative in the Sudan. His initial attempts to pose as an Arab are not especially convincing, but he makes friends with Abou Fatma (Djimon Hounsou), a local sympathetic with the British cause who proves to be a valuable source of insider information and advice on how to blend with the rebels. Meanwhile, Durrance is briefly ordered back to England to help recruit new soldiers for the colonial forces, and he takes the opportunity to begin wooing Eustace, the former flame of his former friend. This adaptation is the fifth film version of The Four Feathers, following two silent screen adaptations (released in 1915 and 1928), Zoltan Korda’s memorable 1939 version, and a 1977 made-for-TV movie., Army officer Harry resigns his commission instead of fighting in the Sudan. His horrified family and friends send him four white feathers – the traditional symbol of cowardice. So Harry disguises himself and heads to Africa for redemption and blood., Classic adventure, based on the novel by A E W Mason, about a young man who spurns his family’s tradition of life in the army by resigning his commission. Branded a coward by his army friends and fiancee, he follows his regiment to the Sudan and, disguised as an Arab, clears his name with his acts of bravery., War drama about a British army officer who is branded a coward after resigning his post before his regiment is shipped out to Sudan to counter a rebel uprising in 1884. When he is sent four white feathers, symbols of cowardice, by friends and family, he disguises himself and goes undercover to Africa for redemption. Based on a novel by AEW Mason.