In neutral Ireland in 1940, where wartime combatants live side by side, an Englishman and a German each need the other to betray his country. And if the nationalist firebrands get their way, they may have to fight to the death.But hang on! Just a few months ago, Flight Lieutenant Oliver Carmichael and Baron Julius von Stulpnagel were living together in Berlin, trying to sell forged paintings. So what are they doing in rundown Ballingore, and how will ex-convent-girl Mary Collins and her devoted red-headed sidekick Niamh Slattery play into their hands?A hilarious Irish farce, with all the slapstick flavour of an Ealing Studios comedy.

In neutral Ireland in 1940, where wartime combatants live side by side, an Englishman and a German each need the other to betray his country. And if the nationalist firebrands get their way, they may have to fight to the death.But hang on! Just a few months ago, Flight Lieutenant Oliver Carmichael and Baron Julius von Stulpnagel were living together in Berlin, trying to sell forged paintings. So what are they doing in rundown Ballingore, and how will ex-convent-girl Mary Collins and her devoted red-headed sidekick Niamh Slattery play into their hands?A hilarious Irish farce, with all the slapstick flavour of an Ealing Studios comedy.