A delightful retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story of a one-legged tin soldier & his harrowing adventures.
1899 ï ½ & two young men find their lives drawn together in the bloody Boer War. Matthew, sent down from university, enlists to go to South Africa as a trooper. He is in search of adventure, but finds himself caught up in the turmoil of this beautiful but tragically divided country ï ½ & in love with a girl on the enemy side. Will is an officer who believes in the glory of war ï ½ until he sees the realities of battle, when his views start to change. The one thing that never alters is his love for Frances, Matthews's sister. Fighting in a cruel conflict thousands of miles from home, both men, & the women they love, find themselves entangled in a drama they could never have foreseen.