The Somme
2005 | 102m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Carl Hindmarch |
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| Writer: | Carl Hindmarch, Mark Hayhurst |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Nov 14, 2005 |
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| Director: | Carl Hindmarch |
| Writer: | Carl Hindmarch, Mark Hayhurst |
| Genres: | Documentary, Drama |
| Keywords | world war i, infantry, british soldier, casualty of war, trench warfare |
| Production Companies | DSP, Channel 4 Television, National Geographic |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Robert Cambrinus | Franz Cassel |
| William Beck | Bundy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Carl Hindmarch | Writer, Director |
| Mark Hayhurst | Writer |
| Piotr Pacuła-Sergiel | Sound |
| Weronika Migoń | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Maciej Skalski | Producer |
| Michał Szczerbic | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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