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TMDB Rating 9.5

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Status: Released

Average Rating: 10

Release Date: Nov 15, 2014

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Run Time: 1h 29m

Original Language: English

Website: Link

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Production Companies: BBC , BBC Arts , Parapet Productions


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Synopsis

The 1916 Battle of the Somme remains the most famous battle of World War I, remembered for its bloodshed and its limited territorial gains. What is often overlooked, however, is the literary importance of the Somme: more writers and poets fought in it than in any other battle in history. Narrated by Michael Sheen, War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme details the experiences of the poets and writers who served in the battle. The work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg and JRR Tolkien (who arrived at the Western Front with ambitions to be a poet) was informed and transformed by the battle. Taken together, their experiences allow us to see this dreadful historical event through multiple points of view. The film uses animation, documentary accounts, surviving artefacts, battalion war diaries and the landscape itself to reconnect this literature to the events that inspired it.


Main Cast

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

Narrator (voice)

Age : 55 | Popularity : 40%

Peter Barton

Peter Barton

Himself - First World War Historian

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Max Egremont

Max Egremont

Himself - Biographer, Siegfried Sassoon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Christophe Fricker

Christophe Fricker

Himself - Literary Historian

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

John Garth

John Garth

Himself - Author, Tolkien and the Great War

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

William Graves

William Graves

Himself - Son of Robert Graves

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jean Moorcroft Wilson

Jean Moorcroft Wilson

Herself - Biographer, Siegfried Sassoon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Paul O'Prey

Paul O'Prey

Himself - Editor, Selected Poems: Robert Graves

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Camera Camera Operator
Douglas Hartington
Douglas Hartington
Mike Fox
Mike Fox
Director of Photography
Ian Salvage
Ian Salvage
Production Executive Producer
Michael Poole
Michael Poole
Producer
Peter Barton
Peter Barton
Sebastian Barfield
Sebastian Barfield
Production Manager
Alison Shouls
Alison Shouls
Editing Editor
Stuart Davies
Stuart Davies
Ed Ison
Ed Ison
Directing Director
Sebastian Barfield
Sebastian Barfield
Crew Commissioning Editor
Mark Bell
Mark Bell
Post-Production Manager
Tana Beynon
Tana Beynon
Art Production Design
Steve Burrell
Steve Burrell
Tim Marriot
Tim Marriot
Sound Sound
Alan Hill
Alan Hill
Bill Rudolph
Bill Rudolph
Visual Effects Animation
Burrell Durrant Hifle
Burrell Durrant Hifle
Hugh Cowling
Hugh Cowling
Paul Greer
Paul Greer
Libby Redden
Libby Redden
Department Role Name

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