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The Somme

5.9 / 10 5.9 2005 1h 42m15

DramaDocumentary

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

CAST

The people behind the story

Tilda Swinton

Tilda SwintonNarrator (voice)

Ed Stoppard

Ed StoppardCaptain Charlie May

Paul Popplewell

Paul PopplewellGreenhalgh

Patrick Kennedy

Patrick KennedySergeant Richard H. Tawney

Martin Hancock

Martin HancockAndrews

Raymond Waring

Raymond WaringLance-Corporal Sidney McCoy

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Robert CambrinusFranz Cassel

William Beck

William BeckBundy