The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers is a movie starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, and Kate Hudson. A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what...
A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.