Review of Mein Leben für Irland

Remember that movie that starred ginger Rodgers Major and the Minor? In which she pretends to be under age to get half priced railroad ticket. Well Will Qaudfeld portrays a student in a boys school. He's suppose to be portraying a 15 year old. He tries. But his age shows . While all the other cast are ages 14 to 16 , his older age, possibly 25, shows. Thats the only problem in the picture. A gang war is happening in Irland. where the British police are shooting at the Irish rebels and so forth.They eventually get's caught.Mauve Fleming,played by Anna Dammann, visits her boy friend,Michael O Brien played by Werner Hinz, in jail. She tells him that she is expecting. So they get married right before he and his gang is hanged.She and her boy now lives in England years later. Michael O Brian Jr now goes to a boys private school. There's a scene where you see Rene Deltgen, playing Robert savoy,injured being aided by others to walk going to Anna' s house. It seems that they all are members of the underground to over throw England's control over Irland as they talk business.Will Quald field during p. e. class with one of the other boys a Freddy Bartholomew look a like. In that school also is Paul Wegeners spoiled nephew, blond Aryan and where's glasses. As Sir Robert Beverly he is talking to I think the principle played by Eugens Klopfer, about his nephew.In what looks like out of a scene from good bye Mr chips, Michael O Brien Jr and his school mates including the Freddy Bartholomew look a like go visiting his mother for some tea. His mother looking as young as she was when she had married her boy friend, The Freddy look alike starts to get puppy love for Michaels mother.Well he sneaks out to Michaels mothers house and to see her Sir Roberts nephew notices this and picks out of his open locker a picture of his mother. The troubles begins when he tries to see what she is doing that he notices Robert savoy and others talking about planning a rebellion, When he comes back and tells Beverley's nephew. The nephew tells his Uncle. His Uncle and the police asks the Freddy look alike to spy to see what going on. He has difficulty in doing this since he in love with Michaels mother He eventually finds the under ground where Rens is the boss. But since he in puppy love for Mauve, after he meets Robert and haves a little talk he turns sides against the British.Eventually Mauve is arrested for not telling the police about the secret organization. Will influences half of the students to turn against the British and an uprising starts. Eventually Mauve is freed from prison and Rene dies from and injury and the young Freddy look alike dies fighting for the Irish. Mauve finds out about his puppy love after his death. Ihf has the digital restored version with subtitles on DVD.