Carey as: Elsie Kipling

Film info:

Release Date: 20 April 2008
Gerne: Biography, Drama, History, War
Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations

Plot: English gentleman author Rudyard Kipling, famous for the Jungle Book, uses his considerable influence, being on a War Office propaganda think tank, to get his nearly 18 ear-old son John ‘Jack’, repeatedly refused for service during World war I on account of his bad eyesight, enrolled in the Irish Guards: their patriotic dream but mother and sister’s nightmare. After a short officer training course Jack gets command of a platoon and embarks in France. Soon his unit suffers terrible losses and Jack is reported missing. Now mother Caroline ‘Carry’ Kipling proves unstoppable pushing Rudyard’s influence and half of England to help find out the truth. When it finally comes, there is far less glory than gore and guilt.

Crew:

Director: Brian Kirk
Writter: David Haig (play)
Co-Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, David Haig

Trivia:

- Several scenes were shot at the actual Rudyard Kipling estate, Bateman’s, where Kipling lived from 1902 until his death.