Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Trench is a 1999 war film written and directed by William Boyd and starring Paul Nicholls and Daniel Craig. It depicts the experiences of a group of young British soldiers in the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme in 1916. [3] James D'Arcy, Cillian Murphy and Ben Whishaw also appear.
A British patrol is cornered at an oasis by enemy Arab tribesmen during the Mesopotamian campaign: A, D N 1929 US She Goes to War: Henry King: A young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancée into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like. D 1930 UK The W Plan: Victor Saville
1917 is a 2019 war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, [6] the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom ...
Deathwatch. (2002 film) Deathwatch is a 2002 horror war film written and directed by M. J. Bassett, and starring Jamie Bell, Laurence Fox, Kris Marshall, Matthew Rhys and Andy Serkis. A lost squad of British soldiers in World War I take shelter in an abandoned enemy trench, but it proves to be no refuge as the men find themselves hunted by ...
The Wipers Times. The Wipers Times was a trench magazine that was published by British soldiers fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. In early 1916, the 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters stationed in the front line at Ypres, Belgium, came across an abandoned printing press.
The site's critical consensus reads, "Paths of Glory is a transcendentally humane war movie from Stanley Kubrick, with impressive, protracted battle sequences and a knock-out ending." [ 66 ] On Metacritic , the film has a score of 90 out of 100 based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
King and Country. King and Country is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. [5] The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on the play Hamp by John Wilson [6] and a 1955 novel by James Lansdale Hodson. [7]
The Four Feathers is a 2002 war drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson.Set during the British Army's Gordon Relief Expedition (late 1884 to early 1885) in Sudan, well after the formation of Mahdiyya, it tells the story of a young man accused of cowardice.