The Soldier

The Soldier
Short film by Shaun Robert Smith

“The 4th Reich” will be brought to you by Shaun Robert Smith behind the camera, DP Peter Hannan, Production Designer Mark Tanner, and SFX guys Alex Gunn, Kristyan Mallett, and John Schoonraad. The film, to be shot in 3D, starts production early 2010. Check out the short film that started it all, “The Soldier”

Director: Shaun Robert Smith Writer: Shaun Robert Smith (writer) Genre: Action, Horror, War Cast : Tom Savini, Sean Pertwee, Craig Conway, Axelle Carolyn, Simon Bamford, Patrick Toomey, William Scott-Masson Release Date: TBA 2010

Synopsis
June 1944, after the glorious victory on D-day, the armies of the combined allied forces begin their long push to Berlin with the aim of bringing down Hitler and the despised Nazi regime of the Third Reich. But buried deep in secret files is the chilling reality of Hitler’s plan to create an eternal living hell, The 4th Reich.

Dr. Joseph Mengele, Hitler’s chief scientist, was charged with creating a new super army of invincible soldiers. A force that would never be beaten. His experiments and research at the death camps of Auschwitz, Belsen, and Birkenau would create unspeakable evil.

A small brigade of soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division under the command of the battle-hardened Captain Bathurst embark on an ever-darkening quest to liberate Europe. Fighting their way through the French countryside, villages, and war-ravaged towns. Each step discovering progressively strange battles and events until they reach an abandoned research facility where the true horror begins…