The Somme

The Somme — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 14, 2005
• Runtime
• 102 min
• Genres
• Drama, Documentary
• Director
• Carl Hindmarch

The Somme — Cast

Tilda Swinton Narrator (voice) Ed Stoppard Captain Charlie May Paul Popplewell Greenhalgh Patrick Kennedy Sergeant Richard H. Tawney Martin Hancock Andrews Raymond Waring Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy

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Robert Cambrinus Franz Cassel William Beck Bundy