Bluebell Films has announced the upcoming DVD release of two acclaimed examples of recent British independent film-making.

In The Innocent Sleep, Rupert Graves (V For Vendetta) stars as Alan Terry a humble down and out who finds himself embroiled in a murder plot and conspiracy that could take his life. Having left more than enough evidence at the scene to lead the murderers to him and the police in league with the mob, Terry turns to the only person who can help, an American journalist working in London, who will help him expose the truth. The film also stars British stage and screen legend Michael Gambon (The Singing Detective, Gosford Park) as a crooked policeman who will stop at nothing to tie up all his loose ends, leaving Alan with nowhere to run. This gritty thriller is a stylish new wave British film handsomely shot by Alan Dunlop and compulsively directed by Scott Michell, it was produced by Matthew Vaughn (Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels).

Set in the England of the early nineteenth century when the country is at war with Napoleon's France, The Scarlet Tunic is a story of a forbidden love between German Legion Hussar Malthus Singer (Jean-Marc Barr – Breaking The Waves) and the daughter of a West Country solicitor Frances Groves (Emma Fielding – Cranford). Both Malthus and Frances are trapped and frustrated with their lives, he yearns for his homeland while she is betrothed to her father's business partner; illicit meetings between the two spark a passionate and untamed love affair. Their romance is fraught with danger: if discovered Frances will be branded a soldier's whore and lose her social standing and Malthus will be held up as a disgrace to his regiment. With the tenacious Captain Fairfax (Simon Callow) ever watchful for his soldier's indiscretions, will their love, so beset with obstacles, survive? The Scarlet Tunic is a timeless and touching romance filmed along the beautiful Dorset coast with stunning photography and heartfelt performances.

The Innocent Sleep and The Scarlet Tunic will both be released on UK DVD by Bluebell Films on 6th July 2009 at the RRP of £9.99 each. No extra features have been announced.