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The Somme (2005)

Genre : Drama, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 42M

Director : Carl Hindmarch

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Carl Hindmarch
Carl Hindmarch
Director
Mark Hayhurst
Mark Hayhurst
Writer
Carl Hindmarch
Carl Hindmarch
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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