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The War Below ()


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During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.

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William Hackett
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Hellfire Jack
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Harold Stockford
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Colonel Fielding
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George Macdonald
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Henry
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Shorty
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Charlie Macdonald
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Jane Hawkin
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Field Marshall Lord Haig
Ethan Wilkie ...
Newspaper Boy
Stuart Adams ...
Newspaper Owner
Jaques Troost ...
Captain Leonard Graves (as Jake Wheeldon)
Simon R. Price ...
Henry's Father (as Simon Price)
Richard Pearson ...
Clerk
Mark Sullivan ...
Army Officer
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Doctor
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Doctor 2
Aiden Richard Herron ...
Recruit
Jake Webster ...
Recruit
Luke Walker ...
Recruit
Andrew Robson ...
Recruit
Peter Jones ...
Recruit
Nathaniel Cassidy ...
Recruit 1
Brandon Smith ...
Recruit 2
Matthew Darcy ...
Sergeant
Richard Reynolds ...
Lieutenant
Christopher Harper ...
Captain
David Watts ...
Lieutenant
Christine Cheseldine ...
Mrs. Brown
Paul Rider ...
Mr Rodgers
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Margaret
James Watts ...
Young Peter
Richard Nauyokas ...
Sergeant Nauyokas
Alex Austin ...
Corporal
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Spotter
Matthew Romain ...
Medic
Dylan Nicholson ...
British Miner
Alexander Waldemar ...
British Miner
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Military Man
Patricia Towey ...
Mrs. Macdonald
Paul Morris ...
German Miner
Benjamin Farry ...
German Officer
Lennard Ortmann ...
German Scout
Oliver Watts ...
Oliver Watts
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aaron Hartley ...
Samuel (uncredited)
Martyn Hillyard ...
Soldier (uncredited)
John Simpson ...
Captain (Army) (uncredited)

Directed by

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J.P. Watts

Written by

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J.P. Watts ... (written by) &
Thomas Woods ... (written by)

Produced by

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Alexandra Breede ... line producer
Kevin Casebier ... co-producer
Brad Friedlander ... executive producer
Luis Guerrero ... producer
Mark Jacobs ... co-executive producer
David Kirkup ... co-executive producer
William Knochel ... producer
Chris Lemos ... producer
Inderpal Singh ... executive producer

Music by

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Anné Kulonen

Cinematography by

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Nick Cooke

Editorial Department

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Jodie Davidson ... colorist
Jonny Garbutt ... digital intermediate consultant
Maikel Popic ... digital intermediate editor
Robin Whalley ... assembly editor

Casting By

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Shakyra Dowling

Production Design by

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Caroline Steiner

Art Direction by

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Lucy Gahagan

Set Decoration by

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Emily Moitoi-Sturman

Costume Design by

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Oliver Cronk

Makeup Department

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Emily Bliss ... makeup artist
Chloe Edwards ... makeup designer
Katie Hopkins ... makeup trainee

Production Management

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Lennard Ortmann ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ted Mitchell ... first assistant director
Paul Morris ... second assistant director
Veronica Vetrano ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Elliot Coogan ... standby art director
Katie Deacon ... art department assistant
Andrew Lamb ... storyboard artist
Christine Le Blond ... art department dailies
Emily Moitoi-Sturman ... props buyer
Steve Patterson ... construction manager
Joe Potter ... carpenter, Art department, Set sculptor

Sound Department

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Phil Cape ... production sound mixer
Oliver Ferris ... foley artist
Chris Green ... sound effects editor: additional
Sue Harding ... foley artist
Adam Mendez ... foley mixer
Susan Pennington ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Anna Sulley ... foley supervisor / sound effects editor: additional

Special Effects by

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Alan Senior ... special effects supervisor
Dan Vico ... special effects technician
Chris Watson ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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J.P. Watts ... visual effects

Stunts

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Benjamin Farry ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Kian Altmann ... lighting technician: dailies
Jeremy Balderstone ... DIT
Ben Millar ... gaffer: Newcastle
Evangeline Perkins ... second assistant camera
Laura Radford ... still photographer
Ben Starkin ... gaffer: Ipswich
Bradley Stearn ... first assistant camera

Casting Department

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David Andrew ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Bronya Arciszewska ... costume supervisor
Jovana Gospavic ... key costumer
Jennifer Johnson ... costume daily
Akshy Marayen ... costume assistant

Additional Crew

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Amelia Cox ... floor runner
Dylan Nicholson ... floor runner
Sophia Tamaro ... production coordinator
Mo Wani ... production assistant

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Storyline

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Also Known As
  • L'enfer sous terre (France)
  • Guerra Sob a Terra (Brazil)
  • Война под землей (Russia)
  • アンダー・ウォー 地下道爆破計画 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Clay Kickers
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Runtime
  • 96 min
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Budget GBP600,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Sergeant Nauyokas who appears later in the film disciplining two workers, is actually ex army and also appeared on bad lads army on UK's ITV. See more »
Goofs (at around 1h 29 min) Orders are given to fix bayonets, and all the soldiers comply. However, when they go over the top moments later, none of their rifles have bayonets fixed. See more »

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