The Trench

The Trench

98 mins | War, History | Sept. 17, 1999

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.

The Trench

98 mins | War, History | Sept. 17, 1999

The Trench
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Canal+, Galatée Films, British Screen, Portman Entertainment Group, Skyline Films, The Arts Council, Bonaparte Films Ltd
Original title The Trench
Directors William Boyd
Writers William Boyd

Cast

Daniel Craig

as Sgt. Telford Winter

Danny Dyer

as Lance Cpl. Victor Dell

James D'Arcy

as Pte. Colin Daventry

Paul Nicholls

as Pte. Billy Macfarlane

Julian Rhind-Tutt

as 2nd Lt. Ellis Harte

Ciarán McMenamin

as Pte. Charlie Ambrose

Cillian Murphy

as Rag Rookwood

Ben Whishaw

as Pte. James Deamis

Adrian Lukis

as Lt. Col. Villiers

Tam Williams

as Pte. Eddie Macfarlane

Anthony Strachan

as Pte. Horace Beckwith

Michael Moreland

as Pte. George Hogg

John Higgins

as Pte. Cornwallis

Danny Nutt

as Pte. Dieter Zimmermann

Tim Murphy

as Pte. Bone