Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during Wo...
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.
English gentleman author Rudyard Kipling, famous for the Jungle Book, uses his coniderable influence, being on a War Office propaganda think tank, to get his nearly 18 year-old son John 'Jack', admitted for military service during World war I after he is repeatedly refused on account of his bad eyesight. He is enrolled in the Irish Guards: their patriotic dream but mother and sister's nightmare. After a short officer training coure Jack gets command of a platoon and embarks in France. Soon, and just after his 18th birthday, his unit suffer terrible losses and Jack is reported missing. Now mother Caroline 'Carry' Kipling proves untoppable pushing Rudyard's influence and half of England to help find out the truth. When it finally comes, there is far less glory than gore and guilt.
