The Purple Plain

The Purple Plain aka Llanura Roja is a 1954 British war film, directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Canadian pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma Campaign in the closing months of the World War II, who is battling with depression after having lost his wife. It was nominated for two BAFTA awards.

The film was produced with a relatively modest budget by Two Cities Films and was directed by the American director Robert Parrish with colour photography by Geoffrey Unsworth. The film was shot in Sigiriya, in what was then Ceylon now Sri Lanka, and utilised several locations later used in Bridge on the River Kwai. The aircraft in the film were repainted in accurate camouflage and markings, and were provided through the cooperation of the Royal Air Force, which also provided several staff onsite during the filming. Some of these are credited as extras.Anna is played by Win Min Than who was born Helga Johnston, the wife of Burmese politician and businessman Bo Setkya 19161969 aka Thakin Aung Than, Bo Set Kya or Setkya, in her only film role. Her father was Australian and her mother Burmese. In 1964 she shaved her head and became a Buddhist nun in Rangoon, adopting the name Daw Wanthalamar. Her husband had fled the country, went underground, and had not been heard of since General Ne Win had taken over the country in March 1962. She left the convent a year later and went into business selling gourds. Both Bo Set Kya and Ne Win were members of the Thirty Comrades. ........

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