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'Resistance' adaptation gets backing


May 18, 2009 The planned big-screen adaptation of Owen Sheers' World War II novel "Resistance," from Brit indie producer Richard Holmes, has attracted backing from Germany and Wales. "Resistance" is set in an alternative 1944 where Russia has fallen to Nazi Germany and the D-Day landings have failed. Added Pauline Burt of Film Agency Wales: "We were keen to support Owen Sheers' feature screenplay debut, having already proven he is a unique writer with a distinctive voice."

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