Cultures clash on the** **sleepy Scottish island of Scarp in this equally sleepy pre-World War II drama. Working for the British, German rocket scientist Gerhard Zucher (Ulrich Thomsen) tests his ‘postal rocket’ invention and causes a stir in the local community — especially with pretty Catriona McKay (Shauna Macdonald).
While based on a real character, Zucher’s relatively prosaic story is here morphed into a tale of love triangles, split loyalties and self-sacrifice. But despite a capable cast, the story plods and suffers from expositionary dialogue which does little to colour the characters. And with its limited locations, there’s rarely a sense of the impending War.