Karl Francis' first feature films had little in common with some of his other gritty works of realism and social justice. Describes this First World War drama as "illuminated by flashes of of raw, visual poetry".
The Sunday Express called it "stunningly acted" and "eloquently photographed" and given, courtesy of Francis' alchemy, "golden dramatic value".
Under the heading "A Love-Poem from Wales" Brent Williams wrote in The Telegraph:
It was a wild, licentious, drunken Welshman of genius, Dylan Thomas who wrote the story that the film is based on...this is Celtic film, full of feeling for a buried past...
