The Trench
Not Rated“It is a place 8ft wide, 600 miles long, man-made and God-forsaken.”
1999·98 min·Released
Studio: Bonaparte Films Ltd, British Screen, Canal+, Galatée Films, Portman Entertainment Group, Skyline Films, The Arts Council
5.4TMDb
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Theatrical Sep 17, 1999
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France · English · Foreign
Overview
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, panic, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.
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DirectorWilliam Boyd
WriterWilliam Boyd
Cast
Daniel Craig
Sgt. Telford Winter
Danny Dyer
Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
James D'Arcy
Pte. Colin Daventry
Paul Nicholls
Pte. Billy Macfarlane
Julian Rhind-Tutt
2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
Ciarán McMenamin
Pte. Charlie Ambrose
Cillian Murphy
Rag Rookwood
Ben Whishaw
Pte. James Deamis
Adrian Lukis
Lt. Col. Villiers
Tam Williams
Pte. Eddie Macfarlane
Anthony Strachan
Pte. Horace Beckwith
Michael Moreland
Pte. George Hogg
John Higgins
Pte. Cornwallis
Danny Nutt
Pte. Dieter Zimmermann
Tim Murphy
Pte. Bone
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Keywords
friendshipworld war ibraverytraumabased on true storybattlefield1910strench warfarebattle of the somme
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