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Beloved Enemy [VHS]

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Both Oberon and Aherne were big stars in their day and both were pretty much at the top of their game in this film. However, while the story is based loosely on the exploits of Irish rebel leader Michael Collins and his part in the negotiations for a treaty of independence from Britain, the central theme--i.e., the widely believed romance between Collins and Lady Hazel Lavery, a figure in English high society, has been twisted pretty much beyond recognition. Although the story and the movie feel very creaky at this point, at the time the film came out, it was probably considered rather daring since Collins had not been dead that long and the reputed relationship with Lavery was a hot button item, especially since Collins was at the time recently engaged to an Irish woman. For viewers interested in a fuller knowledge of the underlying story, I recommend a book titled "Hazel" by Sinead McCoole.

Beloved Enemy is a fictional story based on when Britian occupied Ireland. It's supposed to be about the Irish
resistance.
Basic storyline:
The British are trying to put an end to the resistance, and
there is a particular Irish leader who they are trying to catch
and they don't even what he looks like. A British official comes, bringing his daughter with him. His daughter meets an Irish man who she falls in love with, but finds out he is the resistance leader her people are seeking to arrest. Their differences make it hard for them as she is closely watched. The two countries seek for peace and...
well, that's the basic story.
It's supposed to be about the resistance but I think it's mainly just a romance story.