''The German'' is a short film written and directed by

Nick Ryan Nick Ryan is a film director and producer from Dublin, Ireland. Ryan directed '' A Lonely Sky'' (2006), '' The German'' (2008), '' Electric Picnic: The Documentary'' (2008), and the award-winning documentary ''The Summit' ''(2012); In 2016 h ...

, Starring

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and

Christian Brassington Christian Brassington (born 6 June 1983) is an English actor and writer, best known for playing the odious vicar Ossie Whitworth in the third and fourth series of the BBC hit period drama ''Poldark''. Brassington also portrayed a young Boris Joh ...

. It premiered at the 2008

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and has subsequently been screened at

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and

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Synopsis

In November 1940, during the

Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (german: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defende ...

, a duel unfolds between two ace pilots, each willing to take the match to its ultimate conclusion. Unknown to the pilots is a fate neither has considered. They crash-land in neutral Ireland, and both are captured by the

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. On the truck bringing them into custody, the German pilot offers a cigarette to the Englishman. After a few seconds of surprise, he accepts. They both understand that the war is over for them.

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