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The Somme

The Somme (2005)

1h 42m | PG-13

⭐ 5.7 / 10

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.

Director: Carl Hindmarch

Studio: DSP

Genre: Drama, Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

as Narrator (voice)

Ed Stoppard

Ed Stoppard

as Captain Charlie May

Paul Popplewell

Paul Popplewell

as Greenhalgh

Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy

as Sergeant Richard H. Tawney

Martin Hancock

Martin Hancock

as Andrews

Raymond Waring

Raymond Waring

as Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy