Jean Butler

In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether of German or Allied forces, would be interned for the duration of the war. What the Irish failed to tell was that they would intern everybody in the same camp. It is here that Canadian pilot Myles Keogh and German pilot Rudolph Von Stegenbek meet after a fight in which both their planes were downed. Outside the camp, both fall in love with the same woman, an independent Irishwoman who refuses to take steps in their private little war.

This multi-award-winning film uses original dance performances and major research to trace the very surprising story of Irish Dance. It is an epic international saga filmed on 4 continents. Religion. Foreign conquest. Mass migration. Slavery. Cultural fusion. Revolution. These forces shaped the evolution of a peasant dance into the post-Riverdance global phenomenon it is today.