In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether of German or Allied forces, would be interned for the duration of the war. What the Irish failed to tell was that they would intern everybody in the same camp. It is here that Canadian pilot Miles Keogh and German pilot Rudolph Von Stegenbeck meet after a fight in which both their planes were downed.
- 4.0
- 1996
- Released
- 1h 46m
Angus Macfadyen
Rudolph von Stegenbek
Billy Campbell
Miles Keogh (as Bill Campbell)
John Gordon Sinclair
Richard Lewis
William McNamara
Sam Gunn
Jean Butler
Mattie Guerin
Gabriel Byrne
Commandant O'Brien
Hal Fowler
Bunty Winthrop
Joe McGann
Captain Deegan
Oliver Tobias
Hans Jorg WolffMarc Sinden
Senior Allied Officer White
Jérôme Pradon
Ricard
Peter Woodward
Ernst StosselAnders Jillybo
Sten Larsen (as J. Anders Jillebo)Alistair McLeod
Sergeant Marshall (as Alister McLeod)
Tim Hayes
Sergeant Walsh
B.J. Hogg
SeanTrevor Nelson
Seamus (as Colom Doherty)
Gedeon Burkhard
Krach
Marek Vašut
Krach
Rupert Wickham
PreussMathew Idiens
FestnerMagnus McLeod
OlenskiJack O'Dwyer
MichaelÁine Ní Mhuirí
NonieAlan Barry
Mr Guerin
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
SchmidtAnthony Madigan
PolicemanConor Breen
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No, "The Brylcreem Boys" is not a documentary about men's hair dressing in the 1940's, nor does it feature actual boys as main characters. It is a poorly done slap in the face of those involved in World War II Europe. Canadian R.A.F. pilot Myles Keogh (Bill Campbell) and his crew are shot down over what they think is France. They are arrested and transported to the local Irish prisoner of war c