The Somme

1h 42min

Drama

Documentary

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.

Production Companies

DSP

Channel 4 Television

National Geographic

Cast

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Narrator (voice)
Ed Stoppard

Ed Stoppard

Captain Charlie May
Paul Popplewell

Paul Popplewell

Greenhalgh
Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy

Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
Raymond Waring

Raymond Waring

Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Robert Cambrinus

Robert Cambrinus

Franz Cassel

Release date

14th Nov 2005

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English