Sisters of War
(2017)
Regisseur:
Brendan MaherSchauspieler:
Claire van der Boom, Sarah Snook, Khan Chittenden, Anna VolskaAls die japanische Armee über Südostasien herfällt, gerät eine kleine Gruppe von Krankenschwestern, Nonnen und verwundeten Soldaten in einer kleinen Mission in Vunapope in Gefangenschaft. Nur dem Mut von Bischof Leo Scharmach ist es zu verdanken, dass die Gefangenen nicht einem Massaker zum Opfer fallen, weil der Geistliche kühn behauptet, er sei ein persönlicher Freund von Adolf Hitler. In dieser Mission lernen sich die Krankenschwester Lorna Johnston und die Nonne Berenice Twohill kennen und formen eine Freundschaft, die sie all das Leid und den Tod ertragen lässt. Aber sie fragen sich auch, ob man dem Bischof vertrauen kann.
Sisters of War is a World War II memoir that re-creates events in New Britain during the Japanese invasion and occupation. It is a story about the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, especially Sister Berenice Twohill and her working friendship with nursing sister, Lorna Whyte. The Australians pulled out of the mission in Vunapope outside Rabaul, leaving the nurses and wounded who took refuge there. They were captured and about to be executed when Bishop Leo Scharmach MSC bluffed the Japanese by saying that he was the representative of Hitler and his people could not be executed.
Sisters of War is a World War II memoir that re-creates events in New Britain during the Japanese invasion and occupation. It is a story about the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, especially Sister Berenice Twohill and her working friendship with nursing sister, Lorna Whyte. The Australians pulled out of the mission in Vunapope outside Rabaul, leaving the nurses and wounded who took refuge there. They were captured and about to be executed when Bishop Leo Scharmach MSC bluffed the Japanese by saying that he was the representative of Hitler and his people could not be executed.