The Trench
1999 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 5.4
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, panic, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-09-17
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (107 votes)
Themes
- friendship
- world war i
- bravery
- trauma
- based on true story
- battlefield
- 1910s
- trench warfare
- battle of the somme
Cast & crew
Daniel Craig
as Sgt. Telford Winter
Danny Dyer
as Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
James D'Arcy
as Pte. Colin Daventry
Paul Nicholls
as Pte. Billy Macfarlane
Julian Rhind-Tutt
as 2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
Ciarán McMenamin
as Pte. Charlie Ambrose
Cillian Murphy
as Rag Rookwood
Ben Whishaw
as Pte. James Deamis
Adrian Lukis
as Lt. Col. Villiers
Tam Williams
as Pte. Eddie Macfarlane
Directed by William Boyd