The Four Feathers [Movie]

Year:

2002

Tagline:

«Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves»

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.

Country:

United Kingdom, USA

Genres:

Drama, Melodrama, Adventure, ... War

There is only one sacrifice nobler than sacrificing one's self for their country; that is marrying a man who does.

In the heat of battle it ceases to be an idea for which we fight. Or a flag. Rather we fight for the man on our left, and we fight for the man on our right. And when armies are scattered and the empires fall away, all that remains is the memory of those precious moments that we spent sided by side.

When something like this happens you are lost. You don't know who you are anymore and what you're capable of. Unless I do something this is always how people will remember me. A feather. And that is how I will always see myself: a coward. All I know is that I can't live with myself like this.

— Are you a deserter?
— Something like that. I was sent to fight and I ran away.
— Why?
— Why? I just... There are many reasons why. Mostly I was afraid.
— I found you halfdead crossing the desert alone. And you say you are afraid?
— There's a different kind of fear. Why are you protecting me?
— God put you in my way. I have no choice.