
A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.
Alex Jennings
Colonel Hamilton

Michael Sheen
William Trench

Lucy Gordon
Isabelle

James Cosmo
Col. Sutch

Angela Douglas
Aunt Mary

Daniel Caltagirone
Gustave