Sep 12th   
The Wipers Times*     

(GB TVM 2013)                                    

Two officers discover a printing press on the Western Front and use it to write a semi-satirical magazine to keep the soldiers' spirits up in the latter stages of WWI.
Wordy true story, a kindred spirit for the creators of Private Eye, on a strained budget with a lack of action or clear drama, but with nice moments and echoes of Journey's End in its wartime camaraderie.

Written by: Ian Hislop, Nick Newman.
Producer: David Parfitt.
Director: Andy De Emmony.
Starring: Ben Chaplin, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Palin, Ben Daniels, Steve Oram, Hugh Skinner, Emilia Fox.
Photography: Mark Garrett.
Music: Nick Green.
Production Design: Ashleigh Jeffers.

Preceded by:
The Bond*
(US 1918. 10m. bw. silent; Propaganda comedy fund raiser by Chaplin, a series of sketches not without subtle moments, despite the obvious but historic image of him clubbing the Kaiser with a Liberty Bonds mallet.; w, d: Charles Chaplin; s: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Syd Chaplin.)

THE BOND (1918). Charlie puts the kibosch on the Kaiser.