The Four Feathers poster
Screenplay Hossein Amini, Michael Schiffer
Director Shekhar Kapur

The Four Feathers

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

Release Date: 2002-09-08

Duration: 132 minutes

Synopsis

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

Casting

  • Heath Ledger
    Harry Faversham
  • Kate Hudson
    Ethne Eustace
  • Michael Sheen
    William Trench
  • Alex Jennings
    Colonel Hamilton
  • Djimon Hounsou
    Abou Fatma
  • Wes Bentley
    Jack Durrance
  • Rupert Penry-Jones
    Tom Willoughby
  • James Cosmo
    Col. Sutch
  • Christian Coulson
    Drummer Boy (uncredited)
  • Kris Marshall
    Edward Castleton