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.
Editor's Verdict
"The movie is explicitly set during the summer of 1916 on the eve of the Battle of the Somme. There is no indication of a Christmas setting, plot relevance, thematic connection, iconography, or resolution linked to the holiday."
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Cast & Crew
Daniel Craig
Sgt. Telford Winter
Danny Dyer
Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
James D'Arcy
Pte. Colin Daventry
Paul Nicholls
Pte. Billy Macfarlane
Julian Rhind-Tutt
2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
Ciarán McMenamin
Pte. Charlie Ambrose
Cillian Murphy
Rag Rookwood
Ben Whishaw
Pte. James Deamis
Adrian Lukis
Lt. Col. Villiers
Tam Williams
Pte. Eddie Macfarlane
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