Across Frontiers

On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside following the country's surrender. The occupying Germans hunted these escapers who were helped and sheltered by the brave and kind Italian Contadini, farmers who put their families and homes at great risk by doing so. Made by a crew of students in Leeds, England with very limited resources and funds, it is based on the director's great-grandfather and his experiences as an escaped British POW in Italy during WWII.

Cast

Luke Goddard

Ernie

Denholm Hewlett

SS Soldier

Edward Glendenning

Josh Montoro Bailes

Kerry Daniele Blacklock

Christian Bloch

Conor Fleming

Scott Rutherford

Harry

Sam Mancuso

Salvatore

Gary Huston