Film

Borstal Boy

As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.

6.1

1h 31m

2001

“As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.”

Synopsis

Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.

Director

Peter Sheridan

Trailer

Drama

homophobiabullyingliverpool, englandcoming of agecross dressingaccidental deathira (irish republican army)based on memoir or autobiographyteenage boyreform schoolnorfolk1940s