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Poetic! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tilda Swinton | ... | Narrator |
 | Ed Stoppard | ... | Captin Charlie May |
| Oliver Jones | ... | Cyril Jose |
 | Patrick Kennedy | ... | Sergeant Richard H Tawney |
| Ewan Stewart | ... | Rawlinson |
| Nick Figgis | ... | Burke |
| Andrew Turner | ... | Dunscombe |
 | Paul Popplewell | ... | Greenhalgh |
| Martin Hancock | ... | Andrews |
| Raymond Waring | ... | Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy |
 | Ralf Rueller | ... | Eversmann |
| Rupert Procter | ... | Sergeant Major |
 | Robert Cambrinus | ... | Franz Cassel |
| David Bertrand | ... | Fraisse |
| Jean-David Beroard | ... | Barberon |
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Anachronisms: At least some of the rifles carried by the British soldiers in this production were Lee-Enfield No.4s, which didn't enter service until 1940. They should have been SMLEs, later known as the Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII. moreFAQ
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This film was a fantastic modern portrayal of the Battle of the Somme. I've seen so many modern day accounts of it that just don't do the War justice. This film, however, is not only accurate in it's portrayal, but incredibly moving and poetic. The addition of real soldier's diaries and stories was the best part, giving the battle a human face to it that most films/documentaries seem to miss. I should know, I've seen just about all there is to see out there on the First World War.
While seeing it I thought of the movie "The Thin Red Line" for it was similar in it's simple beauty. For any World War One history buff, this is something you will not regret seeing.