The Somme

The Somme

102 mins | Drama, Documentary | Nov. 14, 2005

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.

The Somme

102 mins | Drama, Documentary | Nov. 14, 2005

The Somme
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Darlow Smithson Productions, Channel 4 Television, National Geographic
Original title The Somme
Directors Carl Hindmarch
Writers Carl Hindmarch, Mark Hayhurst

Cast

Tilda Swinton

as Narrator

Ed Stoppard

as Captain Charlie May

Paul Popplewell

as Greenhalgh

Patrick Kennedy

as Sergeant Richard H. Tawney

Martin Hancock

as Andrews

Raymond Waring

as Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy

Robert Cambrinus

as Franz Cassel

William Beck

as Bundy