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The Trench(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-09-17
54%
107 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Overview:
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.
Languages: German, English.
Countries:
France,
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Portman Entertainment Group
British Screen
The Arts Council
Bonaparte Films Ltd
Skyline Films
Movie: The Trench
Top 10 Billed Cast
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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