'H3' is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europe's most secure prison, the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Here, in H3 - the bleakest of all the H-blocks - a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in, refusing to be labeled as criminals or co-operate with prison authorities. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is determined that these Republican prisoners will be treated like all the other common criminals in British jails, ending a special regime which allowed the inmates political status to organise life inside the jail along POW lines. The republican prisoners immediately start a 'no-wash' protest, refusing to wear prison-issue clothes or perform work duties, a protest which results in their being locked in their cells for hours on end without exercise, recreation, reading materials and with only blankets to wear for heat...
as Seamus Scullion
as Ciaran
as Declan
as Madra
as Liam
as Bobby Sands
as Pat
as Proinsias
as Terry
as Kevin
as Frank Hughes
as Macken
as Morton
as Simpson
as The Governor
as Toy Soldier
as Grimley
as Wilson
as PO in Van
as PO Visit 1
as PO Visit 2
as Father Bradley
as Marie
as Mrs Scullion
as Mr Scullion
as British Soldier (uncredited)
