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Drama
Documentary

The Somme

5.9Nov 14, 2005102 min

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.

Cast

Tilda Swinton profile

Tilda Swinton

Narrator (voice)

Ed Stoppard profile

Ed Stoppard

Captain Charlie May

Paul Popplewell profile

Paul Popplewell

Greenhalgh

Patrick Kennedy profile

Patrick Kennedy

Sergeant Richard H. Tawney

Martin Hancock profile

Martin Hancock

Andrews

Raymond Waring profile

Raymond Waring

Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy

William Beck profile

William Beck

Bundy

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