The Trench

1999

98 min

5.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

War, History

Director

William Boyd

Country

France

Cast & Crew

Daniel Craig

Danny Dyer

James D'Arcy

Paul Nicholls

Julian Rhind-Tutt

CiarĂ¡n McMenamin

Cillian Murphy

Ben Whishaw

Adrian Lukis

Tam Williams

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The Trench

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.

  • Daniel Craig

  • Danny Dyer

  • James D'Arcy

  • Paul Nicholls

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