The Trench
1999, Film, 98 min, Drama, History, War, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 60
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.
Directed by William Boyd
Cast
- Paul Nicholls as Pte. Billy Macfarlane
- Daniel Craig as Sgt. Telford Winter
- Julian Rhind-Tutt as 2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
- Danny Dyer as Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
- James D'Arcy as Pte. Colin Daventry
- Tam Williams as Pte. Eddie Macfarlane
- Antony Strachan as Pte. Horace Beckwith
- Michael Moreland as Pte. George Hogg
- Adrian Lukis as Lt. Col. Villiers
- Ciarán McMenamin as Pte. Charlie Ambrose
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