Orde Wingate

Orde Wingate was a military prodigy credited by many for changing the course of modern warfare. This riveting performance by Barry Foster (Frenzy, The Wild Geese) reveals a controversial military leader hailed by Churchill as a “man of genius who might well have become also a man of destiny.” Born into a religious family, Wingate became a passionate Zionist during foreign service in Palestine. His revolutionary guerrilla tactics, training of the Israeli Defense Force, plus his wartime efforts in Africa and Burma, would ultimately secure Wingate’s notorious place in history. This celebrated BBC dramatization of the military career of one of the most controversial and unorthodox Allied commanders of World War II also stars James Cosmo (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Denholm Elliott (A Room with a View).