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.
Heath Ledger
as Harry Faversham
Wes Bentley
as Jack Durrance
Kate Hudson
as Ethne Eustace
Djimon Hounsou
as Abou Fatma
Alex Jennings
as Colonel Hamilton
Michael Sheen
as William Trench
Lucy Gordon
as Isabelle
James Cosmo
as Col. Sutch
Angela Douglas
as Aunt Mary
Daniel Caltagirone
as Gustave
Mohamed Bouich
as Sudanese Storyteller
Campbell Brown
as Dervish Ansar
