The Somme

2005·Movie·1h 42m15

Drama, Documentary

5.9 / 10 (8 votes)

Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.

Directed by: Carl Hindmarch
Original language: English
Released: 14 November 2005

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Cast

Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)
Ed Stoppard
Captain Charlie May
Paul Popplewell
Greenhalgh
Patrick Kennedy
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
Martin Hancock
Andrews
Raymond Waring
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
RC
Robert Cambrinus
Franz Cassel
William Beck
Bundy