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The Trench

The Trench
★ 5.3/10•1999•1h 38m•12•War•History

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.

William Boyd · Director

William Boyd · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 38m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 17, 1999

Actors

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

Sgt. Telford Winter

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

Lance Cpl. Victor Dell

James D'Arcy

James D'Arcy

Pte. Colin Daventry

Paul Nicholls

Paul Nicholls

Pte. Billy Macfarlane

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Julian Rhind-Tutt

2nd Lt. Ellis Harte

Ciarán McMenamin

Ciarán McMenamin

Pte. Charlie Ambrose

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Rag Rookwood

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Pte. James Deamis

Adrian Lukis

Adrian Lukis

Lt. Col. Villiers

Tam Williams

Tam Williams

Pte. Eddie Macfarlane

Anthony Strachan

Anthony Strachan

Pte. Horace Beckwith

Michael Moreland

Michael Moreland

Pte. George Hogg

John Higgins

Pte. Cornwallis

Danny Nutt

Pte. Dieter Zimmermann

Tim Murphy

Private Bone

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy

Soldier (uncredited)

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